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Cavitt Creek Bridge

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Cavitt Creek, a tributary of the Little River, enters the river upstream of the bridge. Cavitt Creek Road, after crossing Jim Creek, another Little River tributary, intersects Little River Road at the north end of the bridge. The bridge is a little more than a mile upstream of the small community of
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chords, three windows on each side, a metal roof, and long narrow slits above each truss for better lighting and ventilation.
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The bridge was part of a thematic nomination of Oregon's covered bridges in 1979, but Douglas County blocked the listing.
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and 7 miles (11 km) upstream of the Little River's confluence with the
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and the road and bridge were named for Robert L. Cavitt, who
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portal arches allow room for log trucks, unhewn timbers for
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The map includes mile markers along the Little River.
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Little River
Coordinates
43°14′38.8″N 123°01′19.2″W / 43.244111°N 123.022000°W / 43.244111; -123.022000
Little River
Douglas County, Oregon
Howe truss
covered bridge
Douglas County
U.S. state
Oregon
Little River
Roseburg
Cavitt Creek
settled
Peel
North Umpqua River
Glide
Tudor
truss
List of Oregon covered bridges





"Little River (Cavitt Creek) Covered Bridge"
Norman, James B.
ISBN
0-87595-205-4

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