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This site is managed by Oregon Interactive Corporation, which clarified its position of working closely with both The Chambers of Commerce and the State of Oregon without being affiliated with either. When checking Dorena Bridge on the internet the site that bubbled to the top was from. The old railway and road that followed the east bank of the Row River had to be rerouted when the reservoir began to fill. View School downriver, building still extant as a church now). (Salvaged lumber was often reused for example, wood from the old Dorena school was utilized to make improvements to Mt.

The Dorena Dam project, started in 1941 and completed in 1949, caused the town of Dorena to be moved houses and buildings worth moving were, including the old (small) high school house building was moved and turned into a private residence, the main building was torn down as was the remaining parts to the town. Hebron sleeps under the waters of the Cottage Grove Lake, and as mentioned before, the Dorena dam claimed its namesake. While nobody liked the previous recurring flooding, progress cost us two towns. Photo courtesy of Lane County Public Works The bridge in action, pre-windows, was an active crossing of the Row River. In the name of flood control, two dams were built outside of Cottage Grove. Built in 1949, it was named for a town that now lies under the same named reservoir. The roof was replaced during the fall of 2018.вЂќДЄs covered bridges go, Dorena is a late arrival on the scene. This year Dorena Covered Bridge, as well as Parvin Covered Bridge near Dexter, was on the schedule.The bridge was closed for just over 4 weeks from June 14 to July 19. Every year, the Bridge Crew undertakes maintenance and upkeep of several of the bridges on a rotating schedule. Lane County Road Maintenance is responsible for 17 of Lane CountyвЂ™s iconic covered bridges (our Parks Division is responsible for another 5).

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As to answer the question, вЂњWhat was going on with the Dorena BridgeвЂќ, I wrote to the Lane County Public Works department and was connected with Devon Ashbridge of Lane County, and a native Grover BTW, who was very helpful giving me an update on the project.В вЂњThe work included some deck board replacement, minor repairs and repainting. The Dorena Bridge sits still crossing the Row River, but now is primarily for bike and foot travel. Former County Commissioner Jerry Rust helped spearhead support for this endeavor. A coalition of diverse interests came together to save a number of those bridges. As Lane County eyed maintenance costs and safety, many of the covered bridges in the county were scheduled to be replaced by concrete bridges and torn down. The rest are preserved for historical value. Of the 6 covered bridges in our orbit you can only drive through one of them, Mosby Creek Bridge, in active road travel (with the Dorena Bridge it is possible to drive across, turn around and recross but it is not part of the travel route anymore). I always recommend them to visitors or guide them myself when friends come. Living in the Covered Bridge Capital of the World, itвЂ™s hard to avoid one. My curiosity had been piqued enough to want to follow up on the Dorena Bridge and what happened was that I fell down a rabbit hole of a lost life and culture outВ Row River way.

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The distinctive view of the Dorena Covered Bridge with its unique velour windows was altered through the purposefully placed scaffolding and tarps.ДЄlways an eye out for a story, I filed this one away under вЂњcheck up on whatвЂ™s up with the Dorena Bridge.вЂќВ About the time I started to follow up on this idea, when I happened by the bridge again, all the work had been completed and all traces of the process removed. DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLEДORENA вЂ“ I was out Row River Road last month and had to do a double-take as I braked when I approached the congested collision where Row River Road hits Shoreview Drive. The Dorena covered bridge is getting repairs.