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Lost Creek, Jackson County

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Inventory Number: OR/37-15-03
County: Jackson County
Township: Lake Creek
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Lost Creek
Crosses: Lost Creek
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 39'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1881 or 1919
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N42 22.809
Longitude: W122 34.784
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.1 miles southeast of OR140 on Lake Creek Loop Rd. at sign for Lake Creek, then 3.9 miles right on South Fork Little Butte Creek Rd., 0.5 miles right on Lost Creek Rd.

Lost Creek Bridge, Lake Creek, Jackson County, OR Built 1881 or 1919
Oregon Department of Transportation Photo

Lost Creek Bridge, Lake Creek, Jackson County, OR Built 1881 or 1919
Bill Caswell Photo, June 2006

Lost Creek Bridge, Lake Creek, Jackson County, OR Built 1881 or 1919
Joseph Conwill Photo, August 15, 1975, NSPCB Archives

Lost Creek Bridge, Lake Creek, Jackson County, OR Built 1881 or 1919
Todd Clark Collection, 1962 Photo

Comments:
Closed foot bridge. The construction date has been reported as 1881 or 1919. It stood without portal boards for many years. In the 1990s, it was restored and new portal boards added. It has been bypassed by a concrete span.

Sources:
Cockrell, Nick & Bill. Roofs Over Rivers - A Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges, 1978, page 27
Cockrell, Bill. Images of America - Oregon's Covered Bridges, 2008, Page 66
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 90

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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