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• See Weitchpec - Weitchpec, California, USA.

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• Some accounts state this bridge was destroyed by fire in 1921. A brief mention in the July 18, 1926 edition of The Fresno Bee implies it was destroyed in June of 1926.
• Replaced by 1940 Orleans - Orleans, California, USA.

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• Catalog Number 1983/001/SBPM01034 - Sacramento Bee. This "Center for Sacramento History" catalog entry suggests the bridge survived until 1936. Given the bridge was ultimately replaced in 1940, this later date makes more sense than some of the earlier claims of it being destroyed in the 1920s unless there were some intermediate reconstructions.
• Klamath River at Orleans - California State Library. This image shows a bridge of similar construction but apparently shorter span than the other images linked here. However, matching buildings seen in the background of multiple images place it at the same location. Given the muddled suspension bridge chronology at this location and frequency of Klamath River floods, it seems likely there were multiple reconstructions of this bridge.
• Orleans Bridge 1910 - California State Library. Image purporting to be the Orleans bridge under construction in 1910, but it does not appear to be the same location.

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• Replaced (footbridge) - Horse Creek, California, USA.

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• Structurae - Structure ID 20031477

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• Coordinates are for the current (2020s) crossing at Happy Camp. The suspension bridge was either at the same location or very close based on contemporary topographic maps.
• Moved to Cassidy - Sierra National Forest, California, USA. The bridge was disassembled, shortened, and relocated in the 1950's to the Ansel Adams Wilderness, Minarets Ranger District, Sierra National Forest, California as the "Cassidy" suspension bridge.

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• BPL: Washed away during 1965 floods. An article in the September 13, 1966 edition of the Humboldt Standard says it was destroyed by flood in 1964.
• Replaced 1912 Orleans - Orleans, California, USA.
• Replaced by 1967 Orleans - Orleans, California, USA.

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• Replaced 1940 Orleans - Orleans, California, USA.

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• Structurae - Structure ID 20011101

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• Replaced by 1930 Horse Creek - Horse Creek, California, USA.

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• Appears to have collapsed (or was dismantled) at some point between 2010 and 2012.
• Patrick S. O'Donnell notes (in the 2000s): "It looked at one time it may have carried one lane of traffic from the early 20th century. It was barely standing, I did manage to walk across it."

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• Likely completed in the 1930s.
• 1964, December: Destroyed by flood.

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• See Martins Ferry - Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA which may be an older bridge at this location.

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• Destroyed by flood, January, 1890.
• See Martins Ferry - Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA which may have replaced this bridge.

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• Bird's eye view of Martins Ferry Bridge and buildings beyond. Undated high-resolution image of a Martins Ferry suspension bridge with open-frame timber towers. Unclear if this photo was taken before 1890, the purported destruction date of this early Martins Ferry suspension bridge. Despite the resolution, there is not much to see in the image to help date it. Twisted strand main cables are evident, but such cables were manufactured as early as the mid-1850s.

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• Eric Sakowski asked the Humboldt County Historical Society for information about this bridge and received this answer from Catherine Mace: "You have a good picture of the bridge over the Klamath River at Weitchpec. The large tree you see through the bridge is the gambling tree and the village of Weitchpec is the structures behind it. The road goes across and makes almost a hairpin turn to the right then it branches . To the right you go up river and to the left goes down river through Weitchpec."
• See 1861 Weitchpec - Weitchpec, California, USA. The bridge pictured here was likely a replacement for the older bridge.