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Hayden Ferry, Lane County

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Inventory Number: OR/37-20-51x
County: Lane County
Township: Springfield
Town/Village: Springfield
Bridge Name: Hayden Ferry
Crosses: McKenzie River
Truss type: Smith
Spans: 1
Length: 217'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1874
Builder: A.S. Miller & Pacific Bridge
When Lost: 1927
Cause: Replaced
Latitude: N44 04.301
Longitude: W122 57.846
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Directions: T17S R2W S20.

Hayden Ferry Bridge, Springfield, Lane County, OR Built 1874 Replaced 1927
Lane County Museum

Comments:
A.S. Miller and Lee Hoffman began construction of the bridge at Portland in the spring of 1874. The Hayden Ferry Bridge was started shortly after and Miller worked on both simultaneously. The Hayden Ferry Bridge was accepted in November and Miller was paid $3,375, half of the contract price with the remainder to be collected from public conscriptions. It was replaced with a steel bridge in 1927.

Source:
Nelson, Lee H.. A Century of Oregon Covered Bridges 1851-1952, 1960, page 117