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Westfir is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The population was 253 at the 2010 census. [ 5 ] It is located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Eugene and about 4 miles (6 km) west of Oakridge in the Willamette National Forest .
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Oakridge is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States.The population was 3,205 as of the 2010 census. [6] It is located east of Westfir on Oregon Route 58, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Eugene and 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Portland.
Interior of bridge shows strong construction intended for heavy vehicles Separate pedestrian walkway The North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River in early fall. The Office Bridge (also called Westfir Covered Bridge [1]) is a covered bridge in Westfir, Lane County, Oregon, U.S. crossing the North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River at the south end of the Aufderheide National Scenic Byway [2] and ...
Lane County was established on January 29, 1851. It was created from the southern part of Linn County and the portion of Benton County east of Umpqua County.It was named after the territory's first governor, Joseph Lane. [6]
By the 1850s, Emigrant Pass, slightly south of OR 58's crossing at Willamette Pass, was being used by emigrants to the Oregon Territory as a way over the Cascades.In October 1853, a party of 1,500 was almost stranded at the pass, but was saved from a Donner Party-style tragedy by nearby settlers who had begun to improve the route up the Middle Fork Willamette River earlier that year as a ...
The river has Oregon's longest covered bridge crossing it at Westfir, the Office Bridge. [3] Portions of the river were designated wild and scenic in 1988. [4] [5] The portion from Waldo Lake to 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream from Westfir is designated scenic by the State of Oregon [6] and is known for its native trout by fly fishermen. [2]
There are local ranger district offices in McKenzie Bridge, Detroit, Sweet Home, and Westfir. [6] The forest stretches for over 100 miles (160 km) along the western slopes of the Cascades in Western Oregon. It extends from the Mount Jefferson area east of Salem to the Calapooya Ridge which divides the watersheds of the Willamette and Umpqua rivers.