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Belknap Bridge

Covered bridge · Lane County, Oregon

Belknap covered Bridge near Rainbow, Oregon across the McKenzie River
Belknap covered Bridge near Rainbow, Oregon across the McKenzie River · EncMstr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Belknap Bridge is a covered bridge in Lane County, Oregon, described in its record as bridge in United States of America. Oregon has 57 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 20 of them in Lane County.

It was built in 1966, in the postwar decades, making it the 38th oldest of the 41 in Oregon with a recorded construction date; it crosses McKenzie River; it is about 120 feet long (5th longest of 35 measured in Oregon).

Status check, 2026-11: This is the fourth covered bridge on the site (after ones from 1890, 1911 and 1939) and replaced the bridge destroyed in the 1964 Christmas Flood. It is a covered Howe truss, listed on the NRHP in 1979. Belknap Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 44.1680° N, 122.2280° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1966
CrossesMcKenzie River
Length120 ft
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates44.16800, -122.22800

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Questions

Where is Belknap Bridge?

Belknap Bridge is in Lane County, Oregon, at 44.1680, -122.2280.

How many covered bridges are in Lane County?

Lane County, Oregon has 20 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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