Exhibit celebrates covered bridges
The covered bridge at Lowell. By KVAL Web Staff
Now the Lane County Historical Society hosts a Smithsonian exhibit that celebrates the architectural bridge. “Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape” opens Saturday, July 26, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Lane Couny Historical Museum, 740 West 13th Ave., next to the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene. An opening reception from 2 p.m . to 4 p.m. July 26 will offer light refreshments.
Few structures in America combine architectural ingenuity, economic necessity and romantic idealism better than the covered bridge. “Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape,” celebrates these iconic structures and the individuals behind their development through photographs, architectural schematics and models. Today only about 750 covered bridges remain, concentrated mostly east of the Mississippi River in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vermont, Indiana, New Hampshire. Oregon is the West Coast exception to the rule. Lane County county has more covered bridges than any other West Coast state, and the Cottage Grove area boasts the main concentration of the bridges. | MAP | BROCHURE View Larger Map “Covered Bridges” was developed by the Historic American Engineering Record, a division of the National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It is funded in part by the Federal Highway Administration. The exhibit will be accompanied by a series of public programs. Click on the map below for more information about covered bridges in Lane County.
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