List of covered bridges in Oregon

This list of Oregon covered bridges contains 50 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon, among the greatest number of any U.S. state.

Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At its peak, there were an estimated 450 covered bridges, which by 1977, had dwindled to 56.

List

Photo	Bridge	County	Location	Built	Length (ft)	Crosses	Coordinates	Notes
150x200px	Harris	Benton	Wren	1929	75	Marys River		NRHP
150x200px	Hayden	Benton	Alsea	1918	91	Alsea River		NRHP
150x200px	Irish Bend	Benton	Corvallis	1954	60	Oak Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Sandy Creek	Coos	Remote	1921	60	Sandy Creek		NRHP, footbridge
150x200px	Rock O' the Range	Deschutes	Bend	1963	42	Swalley Canal		NRHP, only covered bridge east of the Cascades, some consider it not to be a true covered bridge since it lacks a truss privately owned and maintained covered bridge open to the public
150x200px	Cavitt Creek	Douglas	Peel	1943	70	Little River		Raw log upper supports with a portal shape for log truck passage
150x200px	Horse Creek	Douglas	Myrtle Creek	1930	105	Myrtle Creek		Closed in 1968, dismantled 1987 and moved from and reconstructed in 1990, open to foot traffic in city park
150x200px	Milo Academy	Douglas	Milo	1962	100	South Umpqua River		NRHP, Current steel bridge with a wood housing and metal roof replaces a 1920 wooden truss covered bridge at same location.
150x200px	Neal Lane	Douglas	Myrtle Creek	1939	42	South Myrtle Creek		Built for only $1,000. One of the shortest covered bridges in Oregon and the only Oregon covered bridge with a king post truss.
150x200px	Pass Creek	Douglas	Drain	1925	61	Pass Creek		A covered bridge may date back to 1906 originally at , closed 1981 and rebuilt nearby in 1989.
150x200px	Rochester	Douglas	3 miles (5 km) west of Sutherlin	1933	80	Calapooya Creek		Unusual bridge design includes eight side windows with curved tops and portals with flat arched openings.
150x200px	Antelope Creek	Jackson	Eagle Point	1922	58	Little Butte Creek		delisted from NRHP, formerly crossed Antelope Creek relisted on NRHP 2012 after further restoration
150x200px	Lost Creek	Jackson	Lake Creek	1919	39	Lost Creek		NRHP
150x200px	McKee	Jackson	Ruch	1917	122	Applegate River		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
150x200px	Wimer	Jackson	Wimer	1927	85	Evans Creek		Rebuilt in 2008 after having collapsed July 6, 2003. Queenpost truss, flying buttresses, open daylight windows at roofline, wood floor. The 1927 Wimer bridge was a replacement for one originally built at the same site in 1892.
150x200px	Grave Creek	Josephine	Sunny Valley	1920	105	Grave Creek		NRHP, Because of proximity to I-5, it is Oregon's most viewed covered bridge; also the only remaining covered bridge in Josephine County.
150x200px	Belknap	Lane	Rainbow	1966	120	McKenzie River		NRHP, fourth instance (information)
150x200px	Centennial	Lane	Cottage Grove	1987	84	Coast Fork Willamette River		Constructed from timbers salvaged from the Meadows and Brumbaugh bridges, which were dismantled in 1979; Bicycle and foot traffic
150x200px	Chambers Railroad	Lane	Cottage Grove	1925	78	Coast Fork Willamette River		NRHP, no longer in service, Oregon's only remaining covered rail bridge.
150x200px	Coyote Creek	Lane	Crow	1922	60	Coyote Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Currin	Lane	Cottage Grove	1925	105	Row River		NRHP
150x200px	Deadwood Creek	Lane	Swisshome	1932	105	Deadwood Creek		NRHP; the floor is banked for turning traffic; renovated in 1986
150x200px	Dorena	Lane	Dorena	1949	105	Row River		NRHP
150x200px	Ernest	Lane	Marcola	1938	75	Mohawk River		NRHP (misspelled by the USGS as "Earnest Bridge")
150x200px	Goodpasture	Lane	Vida	1938	165	McKenzie River		NRHP
150x200px	Lake Creek (Nelson Mountain)	Lane	Greenleaf	1925	105	Lake Creek		NRHP; also called Nelson Mountain Bridge, rehabilitated 1984 with concrete floor
150x200px	Lowell	Lane	Lowell	1945	165	Middle Fork Willamette River		NRHP, replacement for a bridge built in 1907
150x200px	Mosby Creek	Lane	Cottage Grove	1920	90	Mosby Creek		NRHP, rehabilitated 2002
150x200px	Office	Lane	Westfir	1944	180	North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River		NRHP
150x200px	Parvin Bridge	Lane	Dexter	1921	75	Lost Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Pengra Bridge	Lane	Jasper	1938	120	Fall Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Stewart	Lane	Walden	1930	60	Mosby Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Unity	Lane	Lowell	1936	90	Fall Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Wendling	Lane	Wendling	1938	60	Mill Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Wildcat Creek	Lane	Walton	1925	75	Wildcat Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Chitwood	Lincoln	Chitwood	1926	96	Yaquina River		NRHP
150x200px	Drift Creek	Lincoln	Rose Lodge	1914?	66	Bear Creek		The bridge housing included flared board-and-batten siding, arched portals, ribbon daylighting and wooden flooring; The bridge has long been closed to vehicular traffic but served pedestrian traffic up until quite recently when the approaches were removed; delisted from the NRHP; by tradition the oldest covered span in Oregon, thought its construction date is unknown. It was the covered bridge closest to the Oregon Coast, only 1.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean. It may have been destroyed by a flood and rebuilt in 1933. Lincoln County maintained the bridge as a historical exhibit-in-place since 1965. Because of severe structural problems, the bridge was dismantled and removed from its original location in the fall of 1997. The bridge was reconstructed on private property near Otis.
150x200px	Fisher School	Lincoln	Fisher	1919	72	Five Rivers		NRHP, also known as Five Rivers Covered Bridge
150x200px	North Fork Yachats	Lincoln	Yachats (vicinity)	1938	42	North Fork Yachats River		NRHP
150x200px	Crawfordsville	Linn	Crawfordsville	1932	105	Calapooia River		NRHP, also known as Calapooia River Bridge
150x200px	Gilkey	Linn	Crabtree	1939	120	Thomas Creek		NRHP, aka Thomas Creek Bridge, Thomas Creek-Gilkey Covered Bridge
150x200px	Hannah	Linn	Scio	1936	105	Thomas Creek		NRHP, Howe truss; also known as Thomas Creek Bridge Named in honor of John Joseph Hannah, an early settler.
150x200px	Hoffman	Linn	Crabtree	1936	90	Crabtree Creek	NRHP, aka Crabtree Creek-Hoffman Covered Bridge
150x200px	Larwood	Linn	Crabtree	1939	105	Crabtree Creek		NRHP; located at the confluence of Roaring River and Crabtree Creek, carries the historical name of the community. The Larwood Bridge is one of three covered bridges across the Crabtree Creek in Linn County. The 105-foot housed Howe truss exhibits the common Linn County design of exposed truss side openings. The bridge is open to vehicular traffic and is adjacent to the Larwood Wayside Park.
150x200px	Shimanek	Linn	Scio	1966	105	Thomas Creek		NRHP, aka Thomas Creek-Shimanek Covered Bridge
150x220px	Short	Linn	Cascadia	1945	105	South Santiam River		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
150x200px	Weddle	Linn	Sweet Home	1937	120	Ames Creek		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
150x200px	Gallon House	Marion		1917	84	Abiqua Creek		NRHP
150x200px	Jordan	Marion (originally Linn)	Stayton	1998 (1937)	90	Salem Power Canal off the North Santiam River		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.
150x200px	Cedar Crossing	Multnomah	Portland	1982	60	Johnson Creek		Only covered bridge in Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county
150x200px	Ritner Creek	Polk	Pedee	1927	73	Ritner Creek		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.

2008 National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program for Oregon

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

• Chamber Covered Bridge Interior Truss.jpg

  Chambers Bridge Howe truss

• Drift Creek Bridge, Spanning Drift Creek on Drift Creek County Road, Lincoln City vicinity (Lincoln County, Oregon).jpg

  Drift Creek Covered Bridge

• Office bridge low interior P1729.jpeg

  Office Bridge interior

• 0707 Rochester bridge interior.JPG

  Rochester Bridge interior

• Weddle covered bridge interior.jpg

  Weddle Bridge interior

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
• Lists of Oregon-related topics

References

General references

• The Covered Bridge Society of Oregon
• Oregon Covered Bridge Society

Specific citations

External links

• Oregon covered bridges
• Oregon covered bridges supplemental PDF