List of covered bridges in Oregon

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Side box This list of Oregon covered bridges contains the 51 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At the height of their use, there were an estimated 450 covered bridges in Oregon, which had dwindled to 56 by 1977.[1] since 2021Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., there were only 49 remaining.[2]Template:Rp Lane County has more covered bridges than any other county west of the Mississippi River.[3]

List

Photo Bridge County Location Built Length (ft) Crosses Coordinates Notes
Harris Bridge Harris Benton Wren 1929 75 Marys River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Hayden Covered Bridge Hayden Benton Alsea 1918 91 Alsea River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[4] NRHP
Irish Bend Bridge Irish Bend Benton Corvallis 1954 60 Oak Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Sandy Creek Bridge Sandy Creek Coos Remote 1921 60 Sandy Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, footbridge
Rock O' the Range Bridge Rock O' the Range Deschutes Bend 1963 42 Swalley Canal Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, only covered bridge east of the Cascades, some consider it not to be a true covered bridge since it lacks a truss[5] privately owned and maintained covered bridge open to the public[6]
Cavitt Creek Covered Bridge Cavitt Creek Douglas Peel 1943 70 Little River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Raw log upper supports with a portal shape for log truck passage
Horse Creek Covered Bridge Horse Creek Douglas Myrtle Creek 1930 105 Myrtle Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Closed in 1968, dismantled 1987 and moved from Script error: No such module "Coordinates". and reconstructed in 1990, open to foot traffic in city park
Milo Academy Bridge Milo Academy Douglas Milo 1962 100 South Umpqua River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, Current steel bridge with a wood housing and metal roof replaces a 1920 wooden truss covered bridge at same location.[7]
Neal Lane Covered Bridge Neal Lane Douglas Myrtle Creek 1939 42 South Myrtle Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Built for only $1,000. One of the shortest covered bridges in Oregon and the only Oregon covered bridge with a king post truss.[8]
File:Pass Creek Covered Bridge (14038119622).jpg Pass Creek Douglas Drain 1925 61 Pass Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". A covered bridge may date back to 1906 originally at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., closed 1981 and rebuilt nearby in 1989.[9][10]
Rochester Bridge Rochester Douglas Script error: No such module "convert". west of Sutherlin 1933 80 Calapooya Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[11] Unusual bridge design includes eight side windows with curved tops and portals with flat arched openings.[12]
Antelope Creek Covered Bridge Antelope Creek Jackson Eagle Point 1922 58 Little Butte Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". delisted from NRHP, formerly crossed Antelope Creek[13] relisted on NRHP 2012 after further restoration
Lost Creek Bridge Lost Creek Jackson Lake Creek 1919 39 Lost Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
McKee Bridge McKee Jackson Ruch 1917 122 Applegate River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 1] NRHP; Howe truss, flying buttresses, open daylight windows at roofline, shingle roof; closed to vehicle traffic in 1956 due to structural concern, extensive restoration work in 1965, 1985, and 1989[14]
Wimer Bridge Wimer Jackson Wimer 1927 85 Evans Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 2] Rebuilt in 2008[15] after having collapsed July 6, 2003.[16] Queenpost truss, flying buttresses, open daylight windows at roofline, wood floor.[17] The 1927 Wimer bridge was a replacement for one originally built at the same site in 1892.[16]
Grave Creek Covered Bridge Grave Creek Josephine Sunny Valley 1920 105 Grave Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[18] NRHP, Because of proximity to I-5, it is Oregon's most viewed covered bridge; also the only remaining covered bridge in Josephine County.[18]
Belknap Bridge Belknap Lane Rainbow 1966 120 McKenzie River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, fourth instance (information)
Centennial Bridge Centennial Lane Cottage Grove 1987 84 Coast Fork Willamette River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".

Constructed from timbers salvaged from the Meadows and Brumbaugh bridges, which were dismantled in 1979;[19] Bicycle and foot traffic

Chambers Bridge Chambers Railroad Lane Cottage Grove 1925, replaced 2011[2]Template:Rp 78 Coast Fork Willamette River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, no longer in service for rail traffic, Oregon's only remaining covered rail bridge.[20]
Coyote Creek Bridge Coyote Creek Lane Crow 1922 60 Coyote Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[21] NRHP
Currin Bridge Currin Lane Cottage Grove 1925 105 Row River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[22] NRHP
Deadwood Creek Bridge Deadwood Creek Lane Swisshome 1932 105 Deadwood Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 3] NRHP; the floor is banked for turning traffic; renovated in 1986[23]
Dorena Covered Bridge Dorena Lane Dorena 1949 105 Row River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[24] NRHP
Ernest Bridge Ernest Lane Marcola 1938 75 Mohawk River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[25] NRHP (misspelled by the USGS as "Earnest Bridge")
Goodpasture Bridge Goodpasture Lane Vida 1938 165 McKenzie River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Lake Creek Bridge Lake Creek (Nelson Mountain) Lane Greenleaf 1925 105 Lake Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP; also called Nelson Mountain Bridge, rehabilitated 1984 with concrete floor[26]
Lowell Bridge Lowell Lane Lowell 1945 165 Middle Fork Willamette River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[27] NRHP, replacement for a bridge built in 1907
Mosby Creek Covered Bridge Mosby Creek Lane Cottage Grove 1920 90 Mosby Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[28] NRHP, rehabilitated 2002[29]
Office Bridge Office Lane Westfir 1944 180 North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Parvin Bridge Parvin Bridge Lane Dexter 1921 75 Lost Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[30] NRHP
Pengra Bridge Pengra Bridge Lane Jasper 1938 120 Fall Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[31] NRHP
Stewart Bridge Stewart Lane Walden 1930 60 Mosby Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[32] NRHP
Unity Bridge Unity Lane Lowell 1936 90 Fall Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[33] NRHP
Wendling Bridge Wendling Lane Wendling 1938 60 Mill Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 4] NRHP
Wildcat Creek Bridge Wildcat Creek Lane Walton 1925 75 Wildcat Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Chitwood Covered Bridge Chitwood Lincoln Chitwood 1926 96 Yaquina River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 5] NRHP
Drift Creek Covered Bridge, 2013 Drift Creek Lincoln Rose Lodge 1914? 66 Bear Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[34] Delisted from the NRHP. By tradition, Script error: No such module "Unsubst". the oldest covered span in Oregon.[note 6] Because of severe structural problems, the bridge was dismantled and removed from its original location in the fall of 1997 and reconstructed on private property near Otis.[34]
Fisher School Fisher School Lincoln Fisher 1919 72 Five Rivers Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[note 7] NRHP, also known as Five Rivers Covered Bridge[35]
North Fork Yachats River Bridge North Fork Yachats Lincoln Yachats (vicinity) 1938 42 North Fork Yachats River Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Crawfordsville Covered Bridge Crawfordsville Linn Crawfordsville 1932 105 Calapooia River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[36] NRHP, also known as Calapooia River Bridge[36]
Gilkey Bridge Gilkey Linn Crabtree 1939 120 Thomas Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[37] NRHP, aka Thomas Creek Bridge, Thomas Creek-Gilkey Covered Bridge
Hannah Bridge Hannah Linn Scio 1936 105 Thomas Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[38] NRHP, Howe truss; also known as Thomas Creek Bridge[38] Named in honor of John Joseph Hannah, an early settler.[39]
Hoffman Bridge Hoffman Linn Crabtree 1936 90 Crabtree Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, aka Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge
Larwood Covered Bridge Larwood Linn Crabtree 1939 105 Crabtree Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[40] NRHP; located at the confluence of Roaring River and Crabtree Creek[40]
Shimanek Bridge Shimanek Linn Scio 1966 105 Thomas Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP, aka Thomas Creek-Shimanek Covered Bridge
Short Bridge Short Linn Cascadia 1945 105 South Santiam River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[41] NRHP; originally named Whiskey Butte Bridge for nearby Whiskey Butte, later renamed for long-term area resident, Gordon Short. Also known as South Fork Santiam River Bridge; Howe truss[41]
Weddle Bridge Weddle Linn Sweet Home 1937 120 Ames Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[42] placed in storage in 1987, rebuilt 1990 at the Cascade Forest Resource Center, in Sweet Home; originally located on Kelly County Road over Thomas Creek near Crabtree, possibly at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Gallon House Bridge Gallon House Marion 1917 84 Abiqua Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". NRHP
Jordan Bridge Jordan Marion (originally Linn) Stayton 1998 (1937) 90 Salem Power Canal off the North Santiam River Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[43] A housed Howe truss, originally located on Jordan County Road near Lyons. It was moved in 1988 to a city park in Stayton. The Jordan Bridge was one of Linn County's seven distinctive covered bridges with large side openings before its move to Marion County.[44]
Cedar Crossing Covered Bridge Cedar Crossing Multnomah Portland 1982 60 Johnson Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Only covered bridge in Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county
Ritner Creek Bridge Ritner Creek Polk Pedee 1927 73 Ritner Creek Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[45] NRHP, Removed from service in 1976 and was the last covered bridge on a state highway in Oregon.

Preservation efforts

In 2008, The National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, administered by the Federal Highway Administration, awarded grants for rehabilitation of seven covered bridges in Oregon.[46]

2008 National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program for Oregon[46]
Bridge Grant
Chambers Railroad Bridge $1,315,370
Chitwood Covered Bridge $1,076,760
N. Fk. Yachats River Covered Bridge $596,704
Gallon House Covered Bridge $51,147
Nelson Mountain Covered Bridge $17,946
Mosby Creek (Layng) Covered Bridge $17,946
Pengra Covered Bridge $17,946
Total $3,093,819

Gallery

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Adjusted coordinate from Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". to center of bridge by Google Maps satellite view
  2. ↑ Adjusted coordinate from Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". to center of bridge by Google Maps satellite view
  3. ↑ Adjusted coordinate from Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". to center of bridge viewed by Google Maps satellite view
  4. ↑ Coordinate obtained from Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". and adjusted to center of bridge per Google satellite image
  5. ↑ Coordinate obtained from Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". and adjusted to center of bridge per Google satellite image
  6. ↑ Based on descriptions at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/historic_bridges_covered1.shtml and http://www.oregon.com/covered_bridges/bridges/bear_creek.cfm Template:Webarchive, the Drift Creek Covered Bridge was originally located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". adjusted to center Google satellite image

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References

General references

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Specific citations

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  15. ↑ Huntington, Howard. "Bridge celebration? Wimer's got it covered", Daily Courier, Grants Pass, Oregon, 07 July 2008.
  16. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  30. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  32. ↑ GNIS feature 1135668 Script error: No such module "Template wrapper". is incorrect, using USGS topomap coordinate
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