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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] As of 2021, there were only 49 remaining.
Albany (/ ˈ æ l b ə n i / AL-bə-nee) is the county seat of Linn County, [11] Oregon, and is the 11th most populous city in the state. [12] Albany is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem.
Gilkey Bridge and a covered railroad bridge next to it crossed the creek at the former community of Gilkey. [1] Gilkey was a station on the Southern Pacific Railway line between Crabtree and Shelburn. [3] The station, established in 1880, was named for Allen and William Gilkey. [1] Allen Gilkey came to Oregon in the early 1850s and settled ...
The Hoffman Bridge is a covered bridge near Crabtree in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Crabtree Creek – Hoffman Covered Bridge in 1987. [2] The bridge crosses Crabtree Creek about 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Crabtree. Hungry Hill Drive crosses the 90-foot (27 m) bridge ...
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The Crawfordsville Bridge spans the Calapooia River adjacent to Oregon Route 228 near the community of Crawfordsville in Linn County, Oregon, United States. [2] The 105-foot Howe truss type bridge was built in 1932. The bridge was bypassed in 1963 and is now maintained by the Linn County Parks & Recreation Department as a pedestrian bridge ...
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Thomas Creek – Shimanek Covered Bridge in 1987. [2] The bridge, 130 feet (40 m) long, was completed in 1966. Replacing a similar structure severely damaged by the Columbus Day Storm of 1962, it is the fifth bridge at this location. The fourth bridge had been built in 1927, and the ...