Antelope Creek Bridge

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Antelope Creek Covered Bridge
File:Antelope Creek Covered Bridge (Jackson County, Oregon scenic images) (jacDA0027).jpg
Antelope Covered Bridge in 2008
Antelope Creek Bridge is located in Oregon
Antelope Creek Bridge
Location of the bridge in Jackson County, Oregon
Nearest city Eagle Point, Oregon
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Built 1922[2] (1987)[3]
Built by Lyle and Wes Hartman[4]
Architectural style Queen post truss, modified
MPS Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 79002071[1]
Added to NRHP 2012 (1979)

The Antelope Creek Bridge is a wooden covered bridge, 58 feet (18 m) long, spanning Little Butte Creek in Eagle Point in the U.S. state of Oregon. Constructed in 1922 by brothers Wes and Lyle Hartman, it originally spanned Antelope Creek, north of Medford.[4] Antelope Creek is a tributary of Little Butte Creek, which it enters about 2 miles (3 km) downstream of Eagle Point.[5] According to Oregon's Covered Bridges, at its original location the bridge carried "the old Medford – Crater Lake Road" over Antelope Creek.[6]

After a newer span replaced the bridge at its original location, it was no longer used by vehicles, and it deteriorated.[7] Even so, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979.[4]

In 1987, to save the bridge, volunteers took it down and reassembled it over Little Butte Creek in Eagle Point.[8] Since then it has served as a pedestrian bridge[4] in Covered Bridge Park, adjacent to the veterans' memorial.[9]

In 1988, after its move to Eagle Point, the bridge was temporarily delisted because restoration work had created side windows that were not part of the original. In 2012, after correction of those alterations, the bridge was re-added to the NRHP.[4]

Notable features of the bridge include its queenpost truss modified by addition of a kingpost, its ribbon openings under the eaves, and its cantilevered buttresses.[7] The bridge has a cedar roof, semi-circular portals, and board siding without battens.[4]

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