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Knight's Ferry Bridge

Covered bridge · Stanislaus County, California

Knights Ferry covered bridge — crossing the Stanislaus River in Knights Ferry, California. The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River, at 330 feet
Knights Ferry covered bridge — crossing the Stanislaus River in Knights Ferry, California. The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River, at 330 feet · Karora / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Knight's Ferry Bridge is a covered bridge in Stanislaus County, California. California has 13 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Stanislaus County.

It crosses Stanislaus River.

Status check, 2026-11: National Historic Landmark wood-iron Howe truss over the Stanislaus River, closed to cars in 1981; most sources say built 1863 (some say 1862–64), and its length is given as either 330 ft or 379 ft, so both fields are null. Knight's Ferry Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 37.8197° N, 120.6639° W.

Key facts

CrossesStanislaus River
Heritage designationNational Historic Landmark
National RegisterListed
Coordinates37.81974, -120.66390

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Questions

Where is Knight's Ferry Bridge?

Knight's Ferry Bridge is in Stanislaus County, California, at 37.8197, -120.6639.

How many covered bridges are in Stanislaus County?

Stanislaus 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.