Grave Creek covered bridge

This covered bridge over Grave Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, is a 105 foot Howe truss design built in 1920 (completed on January 24, 1921) at a cost (including engineering) of $21,128.65. The bridge has six gothic style windows on each side, and a steel roof. In the late 1990s, extensive repairs were made and the portal openings were made more rounded than in this photograph. The bridge is just off route I-5 at the Sunny Valley exit, about 15 miles north of Grants Pass. It resides in an rural valley where early pioneers collided with American Indians while seeking a route to the Oregon Territory. The name comes from an event wherein a young woman, Martha Leland Crowley, in one of the caravans died and was buried at the crossing in 1846., Courtesy of State Library of Oregon.
Abstract/Description: This covered bridge over Grave Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, is a 105 foot Howe truss design built in 1920 (completed on January 24, 1921) at a cost (including engineering) of $21,128.65. The bridge has six gothic style windows on each side, and a steel roof. In the late 1990s, extensive repairs were made and the portal openings were made more rounded than in this photograph. The bridge is just off route I-5 at the Sunny Valley exit, about 15 miles north of Grants Pass. It resides in an rural valley where early pioneers collided with American Indians while seeking a route to the Oregon Territory. The name comes from an event wherein a young woman, Martha Leland Crowley, in one of the caravans died and was buried at the crossing in 1846.
Subject(s): Covered bridges
Oregon--Grave Creek
Oregon--Josephine County
Title: Grave Creek covered bridge.
Name(s): Maxwell, Ben, photographer
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Image
Other Date: c1955
Physical Form: print
Extent: 1 photograph
Abstract/Description: This covered bridge over Grave Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, is a 105 foot Howe truss design built in 1920 (completed on January 24, 1921) at a cost (including engineering) of $21,128.65. The bridge has six gothic style windows on each side, and a steel roof. In the late 1990s, extensive repairs were made and the portal openings were made more rounded than in this photograph. The bridge is just off route I-5 at the Sunny Valley exit, about 15 miles north of Grants Pass. It resides in an rural valley where early pioneers collided with American Indians while seeking a route to the Oregon Territory. The name comes from an event wherein a young woman, Martha Leland Crowley, in one of the caravans died and was buried at the crossing in 1846.
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Courtesy of State Library of Oregon.
Subject(s): Covered bridges
Oregon--Grave Creek
Oregon--Josephine County
Held by: State Library of Oregon
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