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Inventory Number: CA/05-47-01x
County: Siskiyou County
Township:
Town/Village: Sawyers Bar (Russianville)
Bridge Name: Sawyers Bar
Crosses: Little North Fork Salmon River
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 82'
Roadway Width: 15'
Built: 1924
Builder:
When Lost: Dec 1964
Cause: Collapsed
Latitude: N41 17.87
Longitude: W123 07.54
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Directions: 4 miles west of Sawyers Bar at Russianville on a county road. T4N R12W S24.

Sawyers Bar Bridge, Sawyers Bar (Russianville), Siskiyou County, CA Built 1924 Lost possibly between 1959 & 1972
Elna Johnson Collection


Sawyers Bar Bridge, Sawyers Bar (Russianville), Siskiyou County, CA Built 1924 Lost possibly between 1959 & 1972
Elna Johnson Collection


Sawyers Bar Bridge, Sawyers Bar (Russianville), Siskiyou County, CA Built 1924 Collapsed Dec 1964
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
Morley's "The Covered Bridges of California" (1938) mentions that this bridge was built between 1919 and 1922. It can be distinguished from other similar structures by its 8 windows. The 1938 list from the State Bridge Department lists the span as 80'.
Sources:
Clough, Philip & Betsy. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 1959, page 5
Historic Spots in California, Third Edition, 1966, page 505
List of Known Covered Bridges in California as of June 1938, State of California, Bridge Department

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