Parvin Bridge

The Parvin Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lane County, Oregon, U.S. near Dexter. It was built in 1921 as a single-lane 75-foot (23 m) bridge across Lost Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River.

Parvin Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Parvin Bridge
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Nearest city	Dexter, Oregon
Coordinates	43°53′59″N 122°49′17″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1921
Built by	George W. Breeding
Architectural style	Howe truss
MPS	Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	79003767[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1979

The bridge was a replacement for a 66-foot (20 m) Howe truss design which failed a 1917 inspection by bridge inspector J. W. McArthur. He wrote, "An old bridge. Chords badly worm eaten. Downstream chord has been reinforced in middle by a timber bolted on. Wood is but little better than a powder from worm action. All signs indicate a new bridge in from 2 to 4 years."^[2]

George W. Breeding constructed the present bridge at the same site in 1921 for $3,617,^[2] equivalent to $63,800 today.^[3] It is also a Howe truss and includes a 62-foot (19 m) eastern approach and a 17-foot (5.2 m) western approach. Roadwork in the mid-1970s realigned the road to bypass the bridge, being accessible only to pedestrians afterwards. A dedication ceremony was held November 17, 1986, to reopen the renovated span to vehicle traffic with a 10-short-ton (9,100 kg) load limit.^[2]

The Parvin Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
• List of Oregon covered bridges
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lane County, Oregon