Mott Bridge

Mott Bridge
Mott Bridge in May 2005
Coordinates	43°20′34.3″N 122°44′5.6″W
Carries	Forest Service Road 4712
Crosses	North Umpqua River
Characteristics
Total length	236.9 ft (72.2 m)
Longest span	134.8 ft (41.1 m)
History
Constructed by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Opened	1936
Rebuilt	1983
Location

Mott Bridge is a historic timber braced spandrel arch bridge over the North Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The bridge provides access from Oregon Route 138 to the Mott Trailhead on the North Umpqua Trail.

Constructed from 1935 to 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the bridge is the only surviving example of three such structures built during the Great Depression in the Pacific Northwest.

The bridge is named after Lawrence Mott (1881-1931), who had a nearby fishing camp by the junction of Steamboat Creek and the North Umpqua River. Prior to the opening of the bridge, guests arriving from the north side of the river rang a bell to call for someone in the camp to row them and their baggage across the river.

Mott Bridge has been designated as an Oregon Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

External links

• Media related to Mott Bridge at Wikimedia Commons