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Gallon House Bridge (also Gallonhouse Bridge) is a wooden
covered bridge A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
spanning
Abiqua Creek Abiqua Creek ( ) is a tributary of the Pudding River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek originates near Lookout Mountain in the foothills of the Cascade Range in the northwestern part of the state. It flows northwest for about to its confluen ...
in rural Marion County,
Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, United States, built in 1916. The bridge derived its name during
prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...
when it was a meeting place for
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and
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rs. The bridge was swept off its footings in the December 1964 flood, but was restored immediately after. Gallon House Bridge is about north-northwest of the city of Silverton west of
Oregon Route 214 Oregon Route 214 is an Oregon state highway which runs from the city of Woodburn, southeast into Silver Falls State Park in the Cascade foothills, and then loops back west towards Salem. The northern segment of the highway (between Silverton ...
on Gallon House Road.


See also

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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the US state of Oregon. Bridges See also *List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon Notes References {{HA ...
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Oregon. It includes a number of viaducts which are considered bridges. A list of bridges, tunnels, and viaducts of the Historic Columbia River ...
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List of Oregon covered bridges This list of Oregon covered bridges contains 50 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon. Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At its peak, there were an estimated 450 covered bridges, which by 1 ...


External links


Historic images of Gallon House Bridge
from Salem Public Library
Abiqua Creek (Gallon House) Covered Bridge
from Oregon.com * Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Bridges completed in 1916 Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Oregon Transportation buildings and structures in Marion County, Oregon Wooden bridges in Oregon Tourist attractions in Marion County, Oregon 1916 establishments in Oregon Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon {{Oregon-NRHP-stub