Bridgeport Covered Bridge

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bridge_name = View of the Bridgeport Covered Bridge

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carries = Pedestrian
crosses = South Yuba River
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design = Covered Bridge
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load = 13 Tons (Current estimate at 3 tons due to age of timbers)
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name =Bridgeport Covered Bridge
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nearest_city= French Corral, CA
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built = 1862 cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=ca/ca1300/ca1341/data/hhdatapage.db&title2=Bridgeport%20Covered%20Bridge,%20Spanning%20South%20Fork%20of%20Yuba%20River%20at%20bypassed%20section%20of%20Pleasant%20Valley%20Road%20(originally%20Virginia%20Turnpike)%20in%20South%20Yuba%20River%20State%20Park%20,%20Bridgeport,%20Nevada%20County,%20CA&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_wSZh::|title=Library of Congress|date=1985-01-01|work=Historic American Engineering Record|publisher=]
architect= Unknown
locmapin=California
lat_degrees = 39 | lat_minutes = 17 | lat_seconds = 33.86 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 121 | long_minutes = 11 | long_seconds = 41.66 | long_direction = W
architecture= Howe Truss with an auxiliary Burr Arch Truss cite web|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=ca/ca1300/ca1341/data/hhdatapage.db&title2=Bridgeport%20Covered%20Bridge,%20Spanning%20South%20Fork%20of%20Yuba%20River%20at%20bypassed%20section%20of%20Pleasant%20Valley%20Road%20(originally%20Virginia%20Turnpike)%20in%20South%20Yuba%20River%20State%20Park%20,%20Bridgeport,%20Nevada%20County,%20CA&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_wSZh::|title=Library of Congress|date=1985-01-01|work=Historic American Engineering Record|publisher=]
added = July 14, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=Library of Congress]
governing_body = Local
designated_other1_name = California Historic Landmark
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designated_other1_abbr = CHL
designated_other1_link = List of California Historical Landmarks
designated_other1_number = 390
designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
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refnum=71000168 The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is reputed to be the longest single-span wooden covered bridge in the world. (Several sources claim that the Old Blenheim Bridge is the longest such bridge.)

Historic Landmark

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

It is also a California Registered Historical Landmark No. 390. The marker was placed in 1964 and the inscription reads:

Built in 1862 by David Isaac John Wood with lumber from his mill in Sierra County, this bridge was part of the Virginia Turnpike Company toll road which served the northern mines and the busy Nevada Comstock Lode. Utilizing a combination truss and arch construction, it is one of the oldest housed spans in the west and the longest single-span wood-covered bridge in the United States. [cite web |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=8540 |title=Bridgeport (Nyes Crossing) Covered Bridge |accessdate=2008-08-03 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE]

The [http://www.ncgold.com/Museums_Parks/syrp/Bridgeport/ Nevada County, California website that claims Bridgeport Covered Bridge is the longest single span wooden covered bridge] also claims it is a the National Historic Landmark. However, the [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/ National Historic Landmark search system] does not report on the existence of this bridge as a National Historic Landmark.

References

External links

* [http://www.ncgold.com/Museums_Parks/syrp/Bridgeport/ Bridgeport Covered Bridge, at Nevada County, California website]
* [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/TransEnhAct/comp_proj/bridgept.htm Pictures of the Bridgeport Covered Bridge, at California Dept. of Transportation]
* [http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=496 South Yuba River State Park]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_wSZh:: Bridgeport Covered Bridge at the Library of Congress]
* [http://lostbridges.org/details.aspx?id=CA/05-29-01&loc=n Bridgeport Covered Bridge at the Covered Spans of Yesteryear website]
* [http://www.syrpa.lindberglce.com South Yuba River Park Adventures, pictures, events, maps, wildflowers]