Irish Bend Covered Bridge

Irish Bend Covered Bridge

Irish Bend Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It was constructed in 1954 and originally spanned the Willamette Slough on Irish Bend Road near Monroe.citeweb |title=Oregon National Register List |url= http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |date=July 16 2007 |publisher=Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department |accessdate=2008-02-21] However, in 1975 Irish Bend Road was realigned and the bridge fell into a state of disrepair. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was eventually dismantled in 1988 to make way for a more modern concrete span. Through negotions with Benton County and Oregon State University (OSU), an agreement was reached to reconstruct the bridge on university property. $30,000 was raised by the Irish Bend Advisory Committee, and Benton County provided an additional $30,000 to fund the project, which was completed in 1989. [cite web |url= http://coveredbridges.stateoforegon.com/benton.htm |title= StateofOregon.com Covered Bridges Directory]

Today, the bridge is part of a path through the research farm between 35th and 53rd Streets on the west side of the OSU campus, spanning Oak Creek. Although the property is owned by the university, maintenance is carried out by the Benton County Parks Department. [cite web |url= http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BRIDGE/docs/covbrdg/Descriptions/irishbend.pdf |title= irishbend.pdf]

See also

* List of Oregon covered bridges

External links

* [http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/irish_bend.cfm www.oregon.com: Oak Creek (Irish Bend) Covered Bridge]

References


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