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Zanes Road Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Humboldt County, California

52' HOWE OVER ELK RIVER
52' HOWE OVER ELK RIVER · JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Zanes Road Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Humboldt County, California. California has 13 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Humboldt County.

It crosses Elk River; it is about 52 feet long (4th longest of 6 measured in California).

Status check, 2026-11: This is the Zane's Ranch Bridge, a WPA-built redwood bridge over the Elk River and a near-twin of Berta's Ranch Bridge. Year is left blank because most lists say 1937, but the North Coast Journal says 1936 and DPLA says 1936 or 1937. It stands at 40.7179° N, 124.1688° W.

Key facts

CrossesElk River
Length52 ft
Coordinates40.71793, -124.16876

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Questions

Where is Zanes Road Covered Bridge?

Zanes Road Covered Bridge is in Humboldt County, California, at 40.7179, -124.1688.

How many covered bridges are in Humboldt County?

Humboldt County, California has 2 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.