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Wawona Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Mariposa County, California

Wawona Covered Bridge — spanning the South Fork Merced River, in the Pioneer Yosemite History Center, Wawona district, Yosemite National Park. Mariposa County,
Wawona Covered Bridge — spanning the South Fork Merced River, in the Pioneer Yosemite History Center, Wawona district, Yosemite National Park. Mariposa County, · Brian C. Grogan, Photographer / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Mariposa County, California, described in its record as place in California listed on National Register of Historic Places. California has 13 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

Status check, 2026-11: Galen Clark built it as an open bridge in 1868 (some sources say 1857); it was covered in the 1870s and taken apart and rebuilt in 1956 after the 1955 flood. Lengths are given as 130 ft 4 in (NRHP) or 138 ft. Wawona Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 37.5386° N, 119.6559° W.

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Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates37.53861, -119.65594

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