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WORTHINGTON
South Umpqua River
1909 - ____
May 21, 1909: "A contract for the construction of a wagon bridge across the South Umpqua River, on the new road between Myrtle Creek and Riddle, was awarded by the County Court this afternoon to Charles G. Sheely, of Denver, Colo., for the total sum of $3955. This bridge will be located about one mile and a half north of the town of Riddle. The main span will be of the Smith truss pattern and 180 feet in length, with a 60-foot approach on each end. This span will be supported by large concrete cylinders at each end, and the superstructure is to be fully sided up and covered with a shingle roof. The work is to be commenced right away and the bridge completed by Sept. 1, 1909. The contractor is to furnish all material and labor for the construction of this bridge. The contractor's agent, M.H. Mathison, was present and the contract was signed up immediately after the contract was awarded." (Roseburg Review)
July 16, 1914: “It is rumored about the town that an effort is to be made toward moving the wagon bridge over the Umpqua River at the Alec Worthington place, to a point several miles down that stream, so as to connect a new road building in that vicinity with the Riddle-Perdue road. It will be remembered that this bridge recently built by the county to complete the Myrtle Creek-Days Creek wagon road, which our people built several years ago at the expense of several thousand dollars. For some reason or other this road has been fenced up and never opened to public travel, if it is to remain closed through the whims of someone, no great protest will be raised by our people against moving the said bridge if it can be placed at a point where it will be of use to some other community. There is no use having the bridge standing there idle.----Myrtle Creek Mail.” (Riddle Tribune)
July 16, 1914: “It is rumored about the town that an effort is to be made toward moving the wagon bridge over the Umpqua River at the Alec Worthington place, to a point several miles down that stream, so as to connect a new road building in that vicinity with the Riddle-Perdue road. It will be remembered that this bridge recently built by the county to complete the Myrtle Creek-Days Creek wagon road, which our people built several years ago at the expense of several thousand dollars. For some reason or other this road has been fenced up and never opened to public travel, if it is to remain closed through the whims of someone, no great protest will be raised by our people against moving the said bridge if it can be placed at a point where it will be of use to some other community. There is no use having the bridge standing there idle.----Myrtle Creek Mail.” (Riddle Tribune)
July 13, 1951: "The State Highway commission, at a meeting in Portland July 17, will receive bids for reconstruction of Worthington bridge over the South Umpqua river at the county road about five miles from Canyonville. The bridge will be 211 feet long." (The News-Review)
July 17, 1951: "A span is planned for the Myrtle Creek-Days Creek cut-off some five miles northeast of Canyonville. Known as the Worthington bridge, it will span the South Umpqua river and replaces a narrow covered bridge built about 1910 which presently has a load limit of three tons. Material for this bridge has been hauled up from Jackson county." (The News-Review)
July 26, 1951: "The Douglas county court has awarded a contract for construction of the Worthington bridge crossing the South Umpqua to the Todd Construction company of Roseburg, which submitted a bid of $46,949.20.
The projected span, about five miles northeast of Canyonville on the Myrtle Creek-Days Creek cutoff, will replace a narrow covered bridge built in 1910
The Todd company bid had been tendered after the county had rejected all bids submitted when called for by the state highway commission. The Todd bid was lowest of all." (The News-Review)