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…




