Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed sect, Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

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5 drawings
8 b&w photos
10 data pages
2 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed sect, Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER CAL,29-BRIGPO,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 5
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER CA-41

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N993).

Building/structure dates: 1862 initial construction

See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph.

Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll road intended to serve the development of the Comstock Lode around Virginia City, Nevada. It is a Howe Truss bridge with an auxiliary arch. // The Bridgeport Bridge was built in 1862 to replace an earlier span that washed out in a flood. It was an integral part of the Virginia Turnpike, a heavily traveled route through the Sierras during the gold rush era. The bridge is significant as one of the longest single-span surviving covered bridges in the United States.

SUBJECTS:
CALIFORNIA--Nevada County--Bridgeport
transportation industry
covered bridges
toll collection

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca1341

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL ELEVATION VIEW LOOKING WEST
2. GENERAL ELEVATION VIEW LOOKING EAST
3. GENERAL 3/4 VIEW SHOWING WOODEN SIDING ON BRIDGE
4. GENERAL VIEW SHOWING FLOOR SYSTEM OF BRIDGE
5. DETAIL VIEW OF ABUTMENT AND UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE
6. GENERAL 'BARREL SHOT'
7. GENERAL INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING ARCH AND TRUSS SYSTEM
8. DETAIL INTERIOR VIEW OF ARCH AND TRUSS AT CENTER OF SPAN
VIEW LOOKING EAST

CONTROL #:
CA1341

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