Honey Run Covered Bridge

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 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, bridge, road bridge, covered bridge
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Built from 1894-1896, the bridge was destroyed in the Camp Fire in November 2018. The bridge crossed Butte Creek and intersected with Centerville Road in Butte County, California. It was open to traffic until a car crashed into it in 1965, causing damage to the bridge. An alternative steel bridge was built upstream for vehicular traffic; leaving the old bridge as part of a county park. It was unique due to its three unequal spans (30 ft.-128 ft.-80 ft.), and because the center bridge housing is higher than that of its two sides. The importance of the Honey Run Covered Bridge lies in the fact that it is the only bridge in the United States with three unequal sections, and it was one of eleven covered bridges still standing in California.

National Register of Historic Places # 88000920
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Run_bridge
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Coordinates:   39°43'42"N   121°42'12"W

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  • Burned in November, 2018, in the Camp Fire.
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