Gallon House Bridge is a wooden covered bridge

Covered bridge

A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...

 spanning Abiqua Creek

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 confluence with the Pudding, about west of Silverton, in the...

 in rural Marion County

Marion County, Oregon

Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was originally named the Champooick District, after Champoeg, a meeting place on the Willamette River. On September 3, 1849, the territorial legislature renamed it in honor of Francis Marion, a Continental Army general of the...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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 built in 1916. The 84 foot (26 m) long bridge derived its name during prohibition

Prohibition

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 when it was a meeting place for bootleggers

Rum-running

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 and moonshine

Moonshine

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rs. The bridge was swept off its footings in the December 1964 flood

Christmas flood of 1964

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, but was restored immediately after. Gallon House Bridge is approximately two miles NNW of the city of Silverton

Silverton, Oregon

Silverton is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. The population was 7,414 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 west of Oregon Route 214 on Gallon House Road.

External links

• Historic images of Gallon House Bridge from Salem Public Library
• Abiqua Creek (Gallon House) Covered Bridge from Oregon.com