Oregon's
Covered
Bridges
An archive of the state's most beloved historic landmarks — hand-built timber passages that have spanned rivers and generations since the 1800s.
About the Collection
Timber & Time —
stories in wood
Oregon's covered bridges are more than crossings — they are chapters of a living history. Built to protect wooden planks from the Pacific Northwest's heavy rains, these structures have sheltered travelers, livestock, and stories for over a century.
With more covered bridges than any other state west of the Mississippi, Oregon's Willamette Valley and surrounding regions hold the largest concentration of these timber landmarks in the American West.
Documented & Preserved Since 1986
A brochure,
a road trip,
an adventure
It started with a brochure. We stumbled across a guide to Oregon's covered bridges and thought — why not go find them? What followed was a series of drives through some of Oregon's most beautiful and least-traveled corners, hunting down timber crossings tucked into creek valleys and farming country.
I brought a drone I'd recently picked up and was eager to put to use. My wife shot everything at ground level with the DSLR. Our son came along for the adventure — crawling around riverbeds, peering into dark interiors, and keeping us honest about when it was time to find lunch.
Cross them
yourself
Many of Oregon's covered bridges are open to vehicle traffic and located along scenic rural routes. Our travel guide contains location data for each bridge organized by region and county as well as a helpful system to track your progress.