McKee Bridge, Covered bridge in Jackson County, Oregon, US

McKee Bridge is a covered wooden bridge over the Applegate River, about 8.3 miles north of the California border. It has a gabled roof and heavy timber framing. The McKee Bridge Historical Society lists its height at 45 feet, making it the highest, longest and oldest of Jackson County's four remaining covered bridges.

Built in 1917 on land donated by stage station operator Adelbert "Deb" McKee, the bridge carried a road over the Applegate River linking the Blue Ledge Copper Mine to Jacksonville, with an ore-hauler rest stop where relief horses were kept. It carried mining and logging traffic until 1956, then passed to pedestrian use. Closed for three years because of rot in structural components and roof damage, it reopened in June 2015 after a rehabilitation by Mowat Construction Company, funded by about $600,000 in Federal Highway Administration grants and about $60,000 raised by the McKee Bridge Historical Society.

The bridge takes its name from Adelbert "Deb" McKee, the stage station operator who donated the land. The site once had an ore-hauler rest stop halfway between the Blue Ledge mine and Jacksonville, where relief horses were kept. The McKee Bridge Historical Society, a nonprofit, maintains the pedestrian crossing today.

The bridge is for pedestrians only; motor vehicles have been barred since 1956. It stands about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south of Ruch along Applegate Road, roughly 8.3 miles (13.4 km) north of the California border. McKee Picnic Ground, at the west end of the bridge in the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, is the natural starting point for a visit.

The bridge is the highest of Jackson County's four remaining covered bridges at 45 feet (14 m), and also the longest and oldest of the four. The 2015 rehabilitation, carried out by Mowat Construction Company of Woodinville, Washington, was funded by about $600,000 in Federal Highway Administration grants plus about $60,000 raised by the McKee Bridge Historical Society.