Cottage Grove - 6 Covered Bridges

Cottage Grove was the focal point of local farming, Bohemia mining activities and the wood products industry 100 years ago. Some buildings in the downtown area were built before the turn of the century of local materials and remain intact and in use today. It's a charming historic small town .
It is famous for it's 7 covered bridges, each different. The 'Swinging Bridge' is strung on long cables and was built for foot and bicycle traffic for the kids to cross the river to school in the old days. The local people built a pedestrian 'Centennial Bridge' in 1997, span 84 ft. on the abutments of the old Main Street Bridge which stood until the 1950's. There was an old 'Chambers Railway Bridge', span 78 ft., constructed in 1925 to transport logs to his mill until 1951. We drove over 2 but my favourite was the Currin Bridge, constructed in 1925, span 105 ft. This is one of the oldest bridges in the county and the only one with white portals and red sides as seen here.