Bridges & Trestles
- Agness Suspension Bridge Across the Rogue River - circa 1926As low as $5.00This historic forestry footbridge over the Rogue River was constructed of steel carried piece by piece up-river from Gold Beach by the mail boats in 1924. It was swept away by flood waters in December 1964. Learn More
- Applying Gunite, Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922As low as $5.00The Oregon City Bridge is the only Oregon bridge to be encased in gunite, which protects its steel frame from corrosive sulfur dioxide fumes from the paper mills to the south of the bridge. Learn More
- Arch Bridge from Below - c. 1950As low as $5.00This deceptively simple view from below shows the Arch Bridge at about the age of thirty. Learn More
- Arch Bridge Vista, Oregon City - c. 1950As low as $5.00A striking view that contrasts the natural landscape with the built structure of the bridge, taken by photographer Ralph Eddy near the end of his professional career. Learn More
- Baker's Bridge, Across the Clackamas River - c. 1900As low as $5.00This rare early view shows the original wooden covered bridge that crossed the Clackamas River at Carver, reported to have been the longest covered bridge in Oregon at the time of its completion. Learn More
- Barge Used for Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922As low as $5.00This close-up view shows us many of the details of the barge with a steam donkey powered crane used to build the Oregon City Arch Bridge. Learn More
- Ben Jones Memorial Bridge (Rocky Creek Bridge) - Circa 1928As low as $5.00Originally called the Rocky Creek Bridge when completed in 1927, this bridge was soon re-named for Ben Jones, who was called the "Father of the Coast Highway" for his legislative support of the highway project. Learn More
- Broadway Bridge with Sternwheeler - 1915As low as $5.00Created in 1915 by an unknown photographer, this view shows the Broadway Bridge, looking towards the west, two years after its completion. You can find much the same view today from North Interstate Avenue. Learn More
- Brockway Covered Bridge near Roseburg - 1935As low as $5.00This is the old Brockway Bridge over Lookingglass Creek, just west of current day Winston and south of Roseburg. Learn More
- Building a Bridge Along the Snake River near Robinette - c. 1909As low as $5.00This view shows a railroad bridge under construction across the Powder River where it flows into the Snake. Robinette was located behind the photographer on the west bank of the Snake River. Learn More
- Building the Railroad Bridge Across the Willamette at Wilsonville - c. 1907As low as $5.00A construction crew poses in front of the almost-completed railroad bridge at Wilsonville, built for the Oregon Electric Railway. Learn More
- Building the Temporary Bridge at Willamette Falls - 1921As low as $5.00It's said that this temporary footbridge was built in one day, which may be a slight exaggeration, but it clearly went up quickly. Learn More
- C & E Railway Trestle and Baker's Covered Bridge at Carver - c. 1930As low as $5.00This photo was taken at the time the old covered bridge was being replaced by a new steel bridge, and the railroad trestle to the left was under construction. Learn More
- Cars and Motorcycles at Shepperd's Dell Bridge - c. 1916As low as $5.00An unknown photographer captured this scene of cars and motorcycles at Shepperd's Dell Bridge on the Columbia River Highway, shortly after the highway was opened in 1916. Learn More
- Cedar River Logging Trestle, 203 Feet High - c. 1917As low as $5.00Completed shortly before this photo was taken by Darius Kinsey, the Cedar River trestle was exceptionally high for a pole-built trestle. Learn More
- Celilo Falls, Circa 1915As low as $5.00This image, recreated from a detailed larger print, shows another edition of the evolving fishing structures at Celilo Falls. Learn More
- Chetco River Railroad Bridge, Brookings - circa 1917As low as $5.00This long, curving trestle was built in 1917 by the California & Oregon Lumber Company, headquartered in Brookings. Learn More
- Columbia River Highway at Multnomah Falls - 1923As low as $5.00This is one of Ralph Eddy's earliest photos of the Columbia Gorge - a location where he would soon establish his postcard stand and build a career. Learn More
- Columbia River Highway Under Tooth Rock - 1927As low as $5.00We're looking upstream at Tooth Rock Viaduct, devised as a way to allow the new scenic highway to pass around the rock without destroying it by blasting. Learn More
- Columbia River Railroad Bridge at Celilo - c. 1912As low as $5.00Looking across the Celilo railroad bridge shortly after its completion in 1912. Learn More
- Coos Bay Bridge, Oregon Coast Highway, Nearing Completion - 1936As low as $5.00This photo was taken on May 24th, 1936, shortly before the Coos Bay Bridge opened on June 6th. The bridge replaced regular quarter-hour ferry trips across the bay. Learn More
- Crooked River Bridge, The Dalles-California Highway - 1930As low as $5.00The Crooked River High Bridge was completed in 1926, four years before this photo was created. Like many other arched bridges in Oregon, it was designed by Conde McCullough. Learn More
- Dedication Crowd, Oregon City Bridge Opening - 1922As low as $5.00On December 28, 1922, the new Arch Bridge across the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn was dedicated. Photographer Ralph Eddy captures the view from below. Learn More
- Deschutes River at Twin Crossings - circa 1910As low as $5.00Construction has just begun for the south railroad trestle across the Deschutes at Milepost 44, north of Sherars Falls. Learn More
- Eagle's Nest Closeup, Columbia River Highway - c. 1916As low as $5.00This image is recreated from a hand-colored print made by the Fred Kiser Company, as part of a series publicizing the new scenic highway. Learn More
- Eagle's Nest, Columbia River Highway - c. 1916As low as $5.00"Eagle's Nest" is the name given by Samuel Lancaster to this small viewing area when he designed it as part of the Columbia River Highway. Learn More
- Early West Linn from Oregon City Bluffs - c. 1895As low as $5.00Two couples pose for a portrait at the top of the bluff in Oregon City, with the suspension bridge and Willamette River in the background. Learn More
- Elk Rock Trestle to Oswego - c. 1894As low as $5.00Elk Rock Trestle, replaced by a tunnel in 1921, on the line from Portland to Oswego. Learn More
- Factories at Willamette Falls, Engraving - c. 1890As low as $5.00This engraving is from The West Shore, an illustrated magazine published in Portland from 1875 through 1891. Many of its articles were profiles of towns throughout the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Fields Covered Bridge, on the Tualatin River - c. 1935As low as $5.00The last of four Fields Covered Bridges over the Tualatin River, west of Willamette. Learn More
- First Center Street Bridge in Salem - circa 1888As low as $5.00This was the first wagon bridge across the Willamette in Oregon. Opened in December, 1886, it unfortunately collapsed in February, 1890 during severe flooding. Learn More
- First Non-railroad Bridge Across the Willamette - circa 1888As low as $5.00A boy stands on the long ramp leading up to the original Center Street Bridge in Salem, opened in December, 1886, four months before the Morrison Street Bridge in Portland. Learn More
- First Steel Bridge, Portland - circa 1888As low as $5.00This is Portland's first steel bridge, from a photo taken shortly after its completion in 1888. It was the first railroad bridge across the Willamette in Portland. Learn More
- First Steel Bridge, Portland, Under Construction - 1888As low as $5.00This is the first Steel Bridge, after the lower deck was functional but before the upper deck was completed. Learn More
- Flume and Trestle in Lake Oswego - circa 1918As low as $5.00Our original print for this image is identified as "Trestle, Lake Oswego, Ore." in period handwriting in pencil on the back. Learn More
- High Wheeler on West End of Oregon City Bridge - c. 1895As low as $5.00A young man poses with his high wheeler bicycle on the west end of the old Oregon City suspension bridge - the original "bridge to nowhere". Learn More
- Hood River Bridge - 1926As low as $20.00The Hood River Bridge is the second oldest bridge built across the Columbia between Oregon and Washington, having been completed in 1924, shortly before this photo was created. Learn More
- Hood River from the Eastside Grade - c. 1910As low as $5.00Looking north down Hood River from the east bank, we see the town named after the river to the left. In the distance is the Columbia River, and the hills of Washington State on the other side. Learn More
- Hood River Railroad Bridge - c. 1900As low as $5.00This is the railroad bridge across the mouth of Hood River that preceded the current steel bridge - itself now a very historic structure, having been completed in 1906. Learn More
- Horsetail Falls, Columbia River Highway - c. 1921As low as $5.00This hand-tinted image is reproduced from a medium sized print sold by Cross & Dimmitt at Vista House during the 1920s and 1930s. Learn More
- Interstate Bridge, Nearing Completion - 1917As low as $5.00This is the new Interstate Bridge, the first auto bridge between Portland and Vancouver, shortly before it was opened on Feb. 14th, 1917 - which was Oregon's 58th anniversary of its statehood. Learn More
- Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910As low as $5.00The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More
- Latourelle Bridge, Columbia River Highway - c. 1916As low as $5.00Looking across the newly completed bridge, we can still see a ladder below and planks piled in the distance. Learn More
- Log Rafts Above Suspension Bridge, Willamette Falls - 1897As low as $5.00For decades, much of the traffic through Willamette Falls Locks was log rafts, moving downstream to Portland area sawmills, and often beyond. Learn More
- Logjam on the Upper Willamette - c. 1900As low as $5.00Two steamboats arrive to help clear out a logjam under a bridge somewhere on the upper Willamette River. Learn More
- Looking Downstream Towards the New Oregon City Bridge - c. 1888As low as $5.00We can date this image by noting the presence of the suspension bridge, opened in 1888, and the absence of many paper mill buildings on the west shore, which were built shortly after the bridge was finished. Learn More
- Looking Over Canemah Towards the Arch Bridge - 1937As low as $5.00It's not easy to find older photos of Canemah - usually the town is in the far background of photographs taken looking upstream at Willamette Falls. Learn More
- Looking over Oregon City towards Mt. Hood - c. 1896As low as $5.00This long view of Oregon City is unusual in that is shows the farms and buildings on the upper bluff, as well as downtown near the river. Learn More
- Looking Over Portland's Bridges Towards Mt. St. Helens - c. 1898As low as $5.00This early view shows three of Portland's bridges across the Willamette, all of which have been replaced since the photo was created in 1898. Learn More
- Looking Over Suspension Bridge Towards Oregon City - c. 1890As low as $5.00This detailed view of the old Oregon City Suspension Bridge, built in 1888, is restored from an original glass negative made shortly after the bridge was completed. Learn More