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GRAVE CREEK
Grave Creek
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T34S-R6W-Sec11
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July 1981 - 3 slide set from unknown author, Ron Kemnow Collection
1920: "At a point about seven miles north of Grants Pass, the Pacific Highway crosses Grave Creek on a bridge consisting of one 105-foot covered Howe truss on concrete piers and 115 lineal feet of framed trestle. Construction of this bridge is practically complete at the date of this report, J. Elmer Nelson being the contractor, under contract No. 263 dated April 27, 1920. A.A. Clausen is Resident Engineer.
The construction cost will be borne equally by the State and County, and the engineering will be paid for entirely out of State funds. The total estimated cost is $21,500.00, which is to be paid $11,800.00 by the State and $9,700.. by the County. Expenditures to date amount tp $16,557.70 from State funds." (Fourth Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission)
The construction cost will be borne equally by the State and County, and the engineering will be paid for entirely out of State funds. The total estimated cost is $21,500.00, which is to be paid $11,800.00 by the State and $9,700.. by the County. Expenditures to date amount tp $16,557.70 from State funds." (Fourth Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission)