Centennial Covered Bridge a grand start

The Centennial Bridge is lowered into place on March 29, 1987, as a crowd watches.PHOTO Courtesy Cottage Grove Historical Society. (Photographer unknown)

Editor’s note: Part II in recounting how two old covered bridges evolved into a new one, designed to celebrate 100 years of formal government for Cottage Grove.  Read part 1 here

The Centennial Covered Bridge’s creation represents another wrinkle in the history of a town as it sought to recover from the bad…