Roaring Camp Bridge was a private covered bridge spanning Elk Creek about 6 miles (10 km) west of Drain in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Robert Lancaster built the bridge in 1929 to provide road access to his farm,[2] and other local residents used it as well.[3] Roaring Camp was also the name of a roadhouse near the bridge.[3]

Roaring Camp Bridge
Roaring Camp Bridge
Roaring Camp Bridge is located in Oregon
Roaring Camp Bridge
Location of the bridge in Douglas County, Oregon
Roaring Camp Bridge is located in the United States
Roaring Camp Bridge
Roaring Camp Bridge (the United States)
Nearest cityDrain
Coordinates43°39′50″N 123°26′23″W / 43.66389°N 123.43972°W / 43.66389; -123.43972
Built1929
Built byRobert Lancaster
Architectural styleHowe truss
MPSOregon Covered Bridges TR[1]
NRHP reference No.79002057[1]
Significant dates
ListedNovember 29, 1979
Removed from NRHPafter demolition in 1995

Roaring Camp Bridge, clad with unpainted vertical 1-by-6-inch (2.5 by 15.2 cm) boards, had ribbon openings along its side walls.[3] The Howe truss bridge, 88 feet (27 m) long, was demolished in 1995.[2] Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was delisted after its demolition.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon City County Management Association. November 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Cockrell, Bill (2008). Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.
  3. ^ a b c Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.