It’s described as a major milestone toward finally reopening the Bridgeport Covered Bridge, after it was closed ten years ago over safety concerns. Doug Moon, the Chair of the Save Our Bridge Campaign Committee, says the bridge, at South Yuba River State Park, has been lowered back to its original and more fortified foundation. That means 20 months of major structural work has been completed…

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And Moon says that’ll likely be by late summer or early fall, with the bridge very much looking like it did when first completed by David Wood in 1862. And not only will there be better access across the river, including to the Point Defiance trail, wildfire response will also improve…

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It’s still considered the longest single span wood covered bridge in the world.