The lower Oswego Creek Bridge is built on the mouth of Oswego Creek adjacent to Oswego Landing - over four different bridges have been built here over the past 150 years.
 The earliest crossings gave travelers access to Old River Road on the west side of the Willamette River between Oswego and Willamette Falls.
 In the 1860s, a beam bridge invited foot, horse, and buggy traffic.
 in 1885 a hefty Howe truss Bridge stood parallel to the older beam structure and served the town's booming population and iron industry.
 
By 1911 the truss bridge was covered with a roof and walls for protection from the elements and remained in use until the concrete Pacific Highway Bridge of 1920 was completed. "
Charcoal haulers would cross the covered bridge and follow the trail along the river..."(Mary Goodall, Oregon's Iron Dream).
Thereafter, the covered bridge was used by those on foot until it rotted and collapsed in the 1930s.
 Following World War II a replacement was built and used until 1975 when it became unstable and was removed by the National Guard.
The lower Oswego Creek Bridge is built on the mouth of Oswego Creek adjacent to Oswego Landing - over four different bridges have been built here over the past 150 years.  The earliest crossings gave travelers access to Old River Road on the west side of the Willamette River between Oswego and Willamette Falls.  In the 1860s, a beam bridge invited foot, horse, and buggy traffic.  in 1885 a hefty Howe truss Bridge stood parallel to the older beam structure and served the town's booming population and iron industry.  
By 1911 the truss bridge was covered with a roof and walls for protection from the elements and remained in use until the concrete Pacific Highway Bridge of 1920 was completed. "Charcoal haulers would cross the covered bridge and follow the trail along the river..."(Mary Goodall, Oregon's Iron Dream). Thereafter, the covered bridge was used by those on foot until it rotted and collapsed in the 1930s.  Following World War II a replacement was built and used until 1975 when it became unstable and was removed by the National Guard.
George Rogers Park