Knight's Ferry Bridge

	Knight's Ferry Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	Spanning Stanislaus River at bypassed section of Sonora Road, approximately 0.75 mile north of CA 108/120, Knight's Ferry, California
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Howe truss bridge
Part of	Knights Ferry (ID75000490)
NRHP reference No.	12001014
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 16, 2012
Designated NHL	October 16, 2012
Designated CP	April 23, 1975

The Knight's Ferry Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Stanislaus River at Knights Ferry, California. Built in 1863, it is one of the best-preserved 19th-century wood-iron Howe truss bridges to survive. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2012.^[3]^[4]

Description and history[edit]

The Knight's Ferry Bridge stands at the eastern edge of the small community of Knights Ferry, spanning the Stanislaus River a short distance upriver from the modern Sonora Road bridge. The bridge is almost 379 feet (116 m) long, with a total of four spans set on stone abutments and piers. In addition to spanning the river, the bridge crosses a historic millrace north of the river. The bridge sections consist of Howe trusses formed out of wooden planks bolted together, with wrought iron tension rods, all joined by wrought iron bearing blocks. The exterior of the bridge is finished in vertical board siding, with a metal roof.^[4]

The bridge, the second to stand on the site, was built in 1862–63, after the first bridge (built 1856) was swept away during the Great Flood of 1862. Because of this flood, the new bridge was built on higher piers.^[4] The bridge was for a long time known as the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River, and since the 2011 destruction of Old Blenheim Bridge in New York State, which had approximately the same length, it is the second-longest covered bridge in the United States, behind the Smolen-Gulf covered bridge in Ohio.

It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey and by the Historic American Engineering Record. In addition to its status as a National Historic Landmark, it is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing structure in the Knight's Ferry historic district.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Weekly listings". National Park Service. November 2, 2012.
^ "National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: California (147)" (PDF). National Park Service.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NHL nomination: Knight's Ferry Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2018. (Archived version of draft)
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Knights Ferry". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2018. With accompanying 14 photos

External links[edit]

Media related to Knights Ferry Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to HABS No. CA-158 (Covered Bridge) at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to HAER No. CA-314 (Knight's Ferry Bridge) at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-158, "Covered Bridge, Spanning Stanislaus River at Tulloch Mill", 3 photos
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-314, "Knight's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Stanislaus River on bypassed section of Stockton–Sonora Road", 17 photos, 2 color transparencies, 9 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[weekly-2] "Weekly listings". National Park Service. November 2, 2012.

[3] "National Historic Landmarks Program: Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: California (147)" (PDF). National Park Service.

[nhldoc-4] "NHL nomination: Knight's Ferry Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2018. (Archived version of draft)

[nrhpdoc-5] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Knights Ferry". National Park Service. Retrieved September 1, 2018. With accompanying 14 photos

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