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Zane's Ranch, Humboldt County

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Inventory Number: CA/05-12-05
County: Humboldt County
Township: Eureka
Town/Village: Rosewood
Bridge Name: Zane's Ranch
Crosses: Elk River
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
Length: 52'
Roadway Width: 12'
Built: 1937
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 43.076
Longitude: W124 10.127
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.1 miles east of US101 exit 702 on Herrick Ave., then 1.6 miles right on Elk River Rd., bear right 1.6 miles on Elk River Rd. and 0.1 miles right on Zanes Rd. South of Eureka.

Zane's Ranch Bridge, Rosewood, Humboldt County, CA Built 1937
L. Gates Photo, 1962, NSPCB Archives

Zane's Ranch Bridge, Rosewood, Humboldt County, CA Built 1937
May 26, 1985 Photo, Palmer Werner Collection

Zane's Ranch Bridge, Rosewood, Humboldt County, CA Built 1937
Traugott Keller Photo, 1964, NSPCB Archives

Zane's Ranch Bridge, Rosewood, Humboldt County, CA Built 1937
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, August 29, 2017

Zane's Ranch Bridge, Rosewood, Humboldt County, CA Built 1937
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
T4N R1W S26. The WPA was in charge of the construction of this bridge. It was the last covered bridge built in California. The 1938 list from the State Bridge Department lists the span as 50'.

Sources:
Morley, Griswold. The Covered Bridges of California, 1938, pages 26-27 & 91
Adams, Kramer. Covered Bridges of the West: A History and Illustrated Guide, 1963, pages 131 & 134
List of Known Covered Bridges in California as of June 1938, State of California, Bridge Department
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 3

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