Oregon Covered Bridge Festival
This weekend is the Oregon Covered Bridge Festival at Pioneer Park in Stayton, put on by the Covered Bridge Society of Oregon. People come from all over to visit the park's own Stayton-Jordan Bridge, take a covered bridge bus tour, learn more about the history of Oregon's covered bridges, and so on. The photo above shows an antique Dodge sitting in front of Stayton-Jordan Bridge.
There were facts about covered bridges posted throughout the festival, so I thought I'd share.
- Oregon once had 600 covered bridge, and now only 51 remain
- As late as 1959, Linn County, Oregon, had 15 covered bridges. Today there are only eight.
- The Stayton-Jordan Bridge weighs 160,000 pounds (72,727 kilograms).
- The longest covered bridge is 1,242 feet (378 meters) long in Hartland, New Brunswick.
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posted by Celine at
9/17/2006 01:26:00 AM
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2 Comments:
Celine;
I REALLY Love the photo of the Harleys all lined up at the Festival. I hope you don't mind but I'm using it as Wallpaper on my computer at work. I've had LOTS of comments on it...everyone thinks it's beautiful!!
I enjoy your art. Thank you!!
Janean,
Cool beans! I'm glad you like the photo, and that's great you put it on your desktop. Harleys are beautiful machines... makes it easy to take a fairly decent photo.
Thanks for letting me know, and I really appreciate your kind words. :)
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