Gallon House Bridge
Gallon House Bridge is an 84-foot Howe truss covered bridge spanning Abiqua Creek near Silverton in Marion County, Oregon. Built in 1917, it is one of the oldest covered bridges in Oregon and takes its distinctive name from a bootlegging operation that allegedly used it as a waypoint during Prohibition.
The bridge carries Hobart Road through a pastoral valley of farms and orchards east of Silverton, and is one of only two surviving covered bridges in Marion County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Gallon House Bridge was constructed in 1917, making it one of the oldest covered bridges still in use in Oregon. Its colorful nickname derives from stories of bootleggers who allegedly used the area around the bridge to conceal illicit liquor operations during Prohibition — gallon jugs reportedly hidden nearby giving the structure its enduring name.
The bridge served the agricultural communities of the Abiqua Creek valley for over a century. It has undergone preservation work to address structural concerns while maintaining its historic fabric, and was one of the early Oregon covered bridges recognized on the National Register.