Lowell Bridge

Covered bridge · Lane County, Oregon

The historic Lowell Covered Bridge (built 1945), located near Lowell, Oregon, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).NRH · Martin Bravenboer / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Lowell Bridge is a covered bridge in Lane County, Oregon. Oregon has 57 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 20 of them in Lane County.

It was built in 1945, in the interwar years, making it the 32nd oldest of the 41 in Oregon with a recorded construction date; it crosses Dexter Reservoir; it is about 165 feet long (2nd longest of 35 measured in Oregon); it carries Pioneer Street.

Status check, 2026-11: Oregon's widest covered bridge. It replaced a 1907 bridge, was raised 6 ft in 1953 for Dexter Reservoir, and was bypassed in 1981. It is now a pedestrian-only interpretive center. One source gives 210 ft and another says it was finished in 1947, but most sources say 165 ft and 1945. Lowell Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 43.9089° N, 122.7792° W.

Key facts

Current structure built	1945
Crosses	Dexter Reservoir
Length	165 ft
Carries	Pioneer Street
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place
National Register	Listed
Coordinates	43.90889, -122.77917

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Nearby places

Parvin Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 2.2 mi
Unity Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 2.5 mi
Pengra Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 5.1 mi
Armet
ghost town · Lane County · 9.9 mi
Dorena
ghost town · Lane County · 11.9 mi
Dorena Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 13 mi
Currin Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 13.4 mi
Mosby Creek Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 14.4 mi
Stewart Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 14.6 mi
Brumbaugh Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 14.8 mi
Yarnell
ghost town · Lane County · 15.1 mi
Centennial Covered Bridge
covered bridge · Lane County · 16.2 mi

Questions

Where is Lowell Bridge?

Lowell Bridge is in Lane County, Oregon, at 43.9089, -122.7792.

How many covered bridges are in Lane County?

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

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
National Register of Historic Places — National Register of Historic Places record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.