The 1929 Neal Lane Bridge, also known as the South Myrtle Creek Bridge, is a covered bridge located in Douglas County, Oregon. Built by Douglas County for $1,000, it is the only covered bridge in Oregon that uses a kingpost truss. At 42 feet (13 m), it is also one of the shortest covered bridges in the state. Other notable features include plank flooring, arched portals, narrow window openings, as well as a metal roof, and a five-ton weight limit.

The bridge carries Neal Lane over South Myrtle Creek, a stream used heavily for irrigation, near the city of Myrtle Creek. At the time of the bridge construction, Floyd C. Frear was the county engineer, and Homer Gallop was the bridge foreman.

The date of construction, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation, has been challenged by an individual who says he worked on the bridge in 1929. The 1929 date is cited in Oregon's Covered Bridges, but a 1939 date is cited in Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. One resident claims to have been a workman on the bridge in 1939, disputing the construction date of 1929.

Neal Lane Bridge underwent renovations in 2015.

The site at Myrtle Creek was originally settled in 1851. It was sold to John Hall in 1862, who established the town in 1865. The name Myrtle Creek was in recognition of the nearby groves of Oregon Myrtle, an evergreen tree distinguished by a strong camphor odor.

Located at:  N43 01.020   W123 16.471       -       WGCB #37-10-07

Photographed in May of 2025

Photos by Millard Farmer