Stanislaus County, California Bridges: Knight's Ferry Bridge across the Stanislaus River (1)

September 2014 (37.81876 Degrees, -120.66442 Degrees) Knight's Ferry Bridge

Twenty miles north of the Robert's Ferry Road Bridge is the Knight's Ferry Bridge across the Stanislaus River. The US Library of Congress wrote: 

The Knight's Ferry Bridge was built in 1863-64 to replace an 1857 uncovered wooden truss that was destroyed in a flood. This was an important crossing on the heavily traveled Stockton-Sonora Road during the California Gold Rush. The Knight's Ferry Bridge is the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River. 

This bridge is a 330 ft long Howe truss. It was posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. There is a museum and many of the original buildings are still standing around this bridge. Unfortunately the bridge is a little worn out and signs prohibit the gathering of crowds onto the bridge. It was closed in 1981 and rehabilitated in 1989.

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