Grave Creek Bridge

{{short description|Covered bridge in Oregon, US}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Grave Creek Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Grave Creek Bridge, Spanning Grave Creek on Sunny Valley Loop Road, Sunny Valley (Josephine County, Oregon).jpg

| caption = Grave Creek Bridge over Grave Creek near Sunny Valley

| image_size = 250

| alt =

| coordinates = {{Coord|42|38|10|N|123|22|39|W|region:US_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Oregon#USA

| map_caption = Location of the bridge in Josephine County, Oregon

| nearest_city =

| built = 1920

| architect = A. A. Clausen and J. Elmer Nelson

| architecture = Howe truss

| sigdate1_label = Listed

| sigdate1 = November 29, 1979

| area =

| mpsub = Oregon Covered Bridges TR

| refnum = 79002077

}}

The Grave Creek Bridge is a covered bridge in Josephine County in the U.S. state of Oregon.{{cite web|title=Grave Creek Covered Bridge|url=http://www.oregon.gov/odot/hwy/bridge/docs/covbrdg/Descriptions/GraveCk.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|accessdate=January 19, 2016}} It carries Sunny Valley Loop Road over Grave Creek about {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} north of Grants Pass and within sight of Interstate 5 (I-5).

Built in 1920, it originally carried U.S. Route 99, the Pacific Highway. The only remaining covered bridge in Josephine County, it is "Oregon's most viewed covered bridge" because of its location near I-5.{{cite book|author1=Smith, Dwight A.|author2=Norman, James B. | author-link2=James B. Norman |author3=Dykman, Pieter T.|title=Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon|publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press|location=Portland|edition=2nd|year=1989|origyear=1986|page=171|isbn=0-87595-205-4}}

The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.{{cite web|title=Grave Creek Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/79002077|accessdate=January 19, 2016}} It was closed for repairs in the late 1990s and reopened in 2001.

The {{convert|105|ft|m|adj=on}} Howe truss bridge features six Gothic windows on each side as well as rounded portals and a shake roof. The original architects were A. A. Clausen and J. Elmer Nelson.