Nevada County, California Bridges: Bridgeport Covered Bridge across the South Yuba River (1)

December 2012 (39.2927 Degrees, -121.1949 Degrees) Bridgeport Covered Bridge

Continuing west on Pleasant Valley Road we come to another pair of old and new bridges. What makes this pairing interesting is that the covered bridge (built in 1862) spans the South Fork of the Yuba River in a single span while the modern reinforced concrete bridge requires a center pier to cross the river.

The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is an odd combination of an arch and a truss bridge with a 230 ft main span. It was designed by David Isaac Johnwood for the Virginia Turnpike Company with lumber from his sawmill 30 miles away. It is one of only nine surviving covered bridges in California and the longest single span covered bridge in the United States.

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