- City:
- Umpqua National Forest, OR
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Mott Bridge was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935-36. It is the one remaining wooden bridge of several the CCC constructed in the Umpqua River canyon. It was the work of enrollees from the Steamboat CCC camp at couple miles away.
Bridge is all-timber construction, with a one-land roadbed supported by a wooden arch underneath. There are pedestrian walkways on either side and drain holes to carry off the abundant rain of the region.
Mott Bridge is an Oregon Civil Engineering landmark.
The settlement of Steamboat has long since disappeared, but remains on the name of Steamboat Creek and the Steamboat Inn nearby.
Source notes
Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway, Oregon. Tourist pamphlet created by Roseburg regional offices of the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service, with the Roseburg Visitors and Convention Bureau, no date. p. 6
Plaques at the site (see photos)
Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on June 5, 2022.
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