The Wildcat Creek Covered Bridge is not obvious from the highway. We nearly missed seeing it altogether and shot past the turnoff. A U-turn up the highway got us back on course and down to the bridge. This was the last bridge of the day on a Central Coast motorcycle ride.
This bridge was built in 1925 to span Wildcat Creek.
It has an interesting window on one side that I haven’t seen on any other covered bridges I’ve visited to date. Not only is the window only placed on one side of the bridge, it is also off-center on that side. Carl and I guessed that it might be to aid motorists in seeing oncoming traffic as there is a curve directly after the south bridge approach.
The window gives a nice view of the Siuslaw river.
The roof was recently rebuilt using sheet metal.
