Wildcat Creek Covered Bridge

 



 

 

The Wildcat Creek Covered Bridge is not obvious from the highway.  We nearly missed seeing it altogether and shot past the turnoff.  A U-turn up the highway got us back on course and down to the bridge.  This was the last bridge of the day on a Central Coast motorcycle ride.

 

This bridge was built in 1925 to span Wildcat Creek.

 

 

It has an interesting window on one side that I haven’t seen on any other covered bridges I’ve visited to date.  Not only is the window only placed on one side of the bridge, it is also off-center on that side.  Carl and I guessed that it might be to aid motorists in seeing oncoming traffic as there is a curve directly after the south bridge approach.

 

 

The window gives a nice view of the Siuslaw river.

The roof was recently rebuilt using sheet metal.

 

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