The first Cottage Grove ”Swinging Bridge,” circa 1925. PHOTO PROVIDED/COTTAGE GROVE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
The Cottage Grove City Council is in a funny position in dealing with a ”new” old bridge with a hazy naming history. Their job is now to agree on an official name to what everyone calls the ”Swinging Bridge.”
It has crossed the Coast Fork of the Willamette for 119 years. Connecting Madison Avenue on the east bank to River Road on…
