The 1938 Pengra Bridge is a covered bridge located near Jasper, in Lane County, Oregon. This 120-foot (37 m) Howe truss structure carries Place Road over Fall Creek and replaced an earlier 192-foot bridge built in 1904, that crossed the creek a few feet further upstream. Pengra Bridge was named in honor of Byron J. Pengra, a government surveyor. The town of Pengra was a station on the Cascade Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

The lower chords of the bridge, cut by the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company east of Springfield, at 16 by 18 inches by 126 feet, are among the longest timbers ever used in an Oregon bridge. Timbers of this size simplified some aspects of construction but required special techniques to finish and position at the site. Other features of the bridge include ribbon windows under the eaves, a side window on one side, and semi-elliptical arched portals.

Weather and traffic weakened the bridge over time, and it was temporarily closed in 1979. With the help of state funding from the Oregon Covered Bridge Program, the county repaired the structure, which was reopened after 15 years to traffic in 1995. It was later refurbished in 2015 with a new roof and supports vehicles up to 30 tons.

The Pengra Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Located at:  N43 57.965   W122 50.724       -       WGCB #37-20-15

Photographed in May of 2025

Photos by Millard Farmer