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Pengra Bridge, Spanning Fall Creek, Place Road (CR 480), Jasper, Lane County, OR

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Pengra Bridge, Spanning Fall Creek, Place Road (CR 480), Jasper, Lane County, OR

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Summary

Significance: Built in 1938 to replace an earlier bridge at this site, Pengra Bridge illustrates the style of covered bridge adopted by Lane County during the administration of A.C. Striker (1885-1962), Lane County's Superintendent of Bridges from 1928 to 1950. Pengra Bridge contains two of the longest timbers ever hewn for an Oregon bridge.
Survey number: HAER OR-119
Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Striker, A C
Howe, William
Oregon State Highway Commission
Pengra, B J
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
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