Wawona Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork Merced River on service road, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA

part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview

Significance: The Wawona Covered Bridge is the oldest bridge in Yosemite National Park and a rare example of a covered bridge in a national park. It is significant as a rare reminder of pioneer forms of bridge construction.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N94

Survey number: HAER CA-106

Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06001261

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1969 - 1980

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