OK. That's just freaky. My son and I were under that bridge a little less than two weeks ago.

We had seen the box was missing but went to look for it anyway. There were a couple of cars that went over while we were under there and it was strange to hear them thumping and creaking overhead. I briefly thought about what would happen if it collapsed while a car was going over us but I shrugged it off as 'never gonna happen'. Now, 12 days later...

There are a couple of sites that have pictures of the collapsed bridge. It's pretty much gone. The whole span collapsed.
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Eric Polk
----- Original Message -----
From: dvn2rckr
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 8:30 AM
Subject: [LbNA] OR: Wimer Covered Bridge report


Looks like Oregon has its own version of Vermont's Old Man of the
Mountain. Seems the Historic Wimer Covered Bridge collapsed
yesterday injuring many in the process. If I remember correctly
this was one of the bridges in the Covered Bridge Series--although
the letterbox had been missing for a while already.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-
gen/2003/jul/07/070708052.html

How sad...

dvn2r ckr

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