Hannah Bridge

The Hannah Bridge carries Camp Morrison Road over Thomas Creek near the small community of Jordan, close to Scio, and takes its name from John Joseph Hannah, a pioneer who arrived in Oregon in 1853 and settled a 151-acre claim between Thomas Creek and Bilyeu Creek. Built in 1936, the 105-foot Howe truss span is one of just three surviving covered bridges along Thomas Creek, joining the Shimanek and Gilkey bridges to form one of the densest clusters of covered bridges anywhere in the state. An earlier covered bridge, built in 1912, once crossed Thomas Creek just upstream of the current span; when that structure was dismantled, the Hannah family repurposed its salvaged lumber to build a tool shed and sheep barn on their farm, a small but telling example of rural Oregon's practical relationship with its infrastructure. The bridge displays the classic "Linn County style" of covered bridge construction: segmental, curved portal arches, exposed roof-beam gable ends, and white board-and-batten siding, with its Howe truss visible through large open side lattice windows. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979, the Hannah Bridge remains open to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic on its narrow, one-lane crossing.