Thumbnail: Sign Reads: Bridgeport (Nyes Crossing) Covered Bride.

Built in 1863 by David Isaac Johnwood with lumber from his mill in Sierra County. This bridge was part of the Virginia Turnpike company toll road which served the Northern Mines and the busy Nevada Comstock Lode. Utilizing a combination of Truss and arch construction it is one of the oldest housed spans in the West and the longest single span, wooden-covered bridge in the United States.

California Registered Historical Landmark number 390.
Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in Cooperation with the Nevada County Historical Society and the Wm. B, Meek--Wm. M. Stewart chapter number 10 
E Clampus Vitus May 23 1964.