Guerneville Bridge - Guerneville, CA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The bridge was constructed in 1922, and the official grand opening took place on 27 December 1922. The location of the bridge had been noted as a river crossing as early as 1861, and subsequently wagons carrying out the lumber via Pocket Canyon (Route 116), crossed near here on a low "summer bridge" that had to be dismantled annually because of winter floods.

The first year-round bridge had been constructed in 1885, on the present location, a wooden bridge with two iron spans of Pratt combination truss. After 35 years of wear, the 1885 bridge was seriously damaged in the flash flood of November 1920, and the newspaper was later to declare it could not make it through the winter of 1922-1923. So it was torn down and a temporary bridge was constructed.

Adapted from the NRHP nomination dated 15 June 1989." (visit link)

Street address: Rt. 116 over Russian River Guerneville, CA USA County / Borough / Parish: Sonoma Year listed: 1989 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Transportation, Entertainment/Recreation Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Transportation Current function: transportation Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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