Cottage Grove, OR

Cottage Grove sits along I-5 about 20 miles south of Eugene, serving as a gateway between the Willamette Valley and Cascade foothills. Most visitors take Exit 174 off I-5, while locals use Highway 99 through downtown and various rural roads like Row River Road heading east toward covered bridge country. The town claims the title "Covered Bridge Capital of Oregon" with six historic spans nearby, including the 1925 Chambers Bridge spanning the Coast Fork Willamette River downtown.