Right View Of Gilkey Covered Bridge In Linn County, Oregon At Sunset Stock Photo

The Gilkey Bridge is a covered bridge in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Thomas Creek – Gilkey Covered Bridge in 1987.[2] Carrying Goar Road, the bridge crosses Thomas Creek about 3.5 miles 5.6 km southwest of Scio.[1] Gilkey Bridge and a covered railroad bridge next to it crossed the creek at the former community of Gilkey.[1] Gilkey was a station on the Southern Pacific Railway line between Crabtree and Shelburn.[3] The station, established in 1880, was named for Allen and William Gilkey.[1] Allen Gilkey came to Oregon in the early 1850s and settled nearby.[3] The bridge, 120 feet 37 m long, was constructed in 1939. Damaged by an overloaded vehicle in 1997, it was closed for repairs, then reopened to traffic in 1998.[1] The bridge was rehabilitated in 2017 in a $1.6 million project.[4]