Honey Run Covered Bridge
Encyclopedia
Honey Run Bridge is a wooden covered bridge
on Honey Run Road located about halfway in between Chico
and Paradise
in northern California
. It is one of the few covered bridges left in California and is the only tri-span bridge in the United States. It was built in 1894 by George Miller. The bridge crosses Butte Creek and intersects with Centerville Road in Butte County, California
. It was open to traffic until a car crashed into it in 1965, causing it to collapse on the eastern span. An alternative steel bridge was built upstream for vehicular traffic; the old bridge is part of a county park and is used by pedestrians.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
on June 23, 1988.
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Covered bridge
A covered bridge is a bridge with enclosed sides and a roof, often accommodating only a single lane of traffic. Most covered bridges are wooden; some newer ones are concrete or metal with glass sides...
on Honey Run Road located about halfway in between Chico
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
and Paradise
Paradise, California
Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, in the northwest foothills of California's Central Valley, in the Sierra. The town is considered part of the Chico Metropolitan Area. The population was 26,218 at the 2010 census, down from 26,408 at the 2000 census...
in northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is one of the few covered bridges left in California and is the only tri-span bridge in the United States. It was built in 1894 by George Miller. The bridge crosses Butte Creek and intersects with Centerville Road in Butte County, California
Butte County, California
Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 220,000. The county seat is Oroville. Butte County is the "Land of Natural Wealth and Beauty."Butte County is watered by the...
. It was open to traffic until a car crashed into it in 1965, causing it to collapse on the eastern span. An alternative steel bridge was built upstream for vehicular traffic; the old bridge is part of a county park and is used by pedestrians.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on June 23, 1988.
Sources
External links
- Honey Run Bridge, Spanning Butte Creek, bypassed section of Honey Run Road (originally Carr Hill Road), Paradise vicinity, Butte County, CA: 2 color photos, 18 b&w photos and 16 data pages, at Historic American Engineering Record
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