The 1969 Brookwood Covered Bridge, located in Bayside, California, spans Jacoby Creek and was constructed in 1969 by residents Earl Biehn and Charles Roscoe. They spent five years planning, designing, and supervising the construction of this Howe truss covered bridge. It cost $19,600 at the time, over $200,000 today. At 66 feet in length, it is one of the three remaining wooden covered bridges in Humboldt County and is considered the last authentic covered bridge to be built in California. The bridge allows access to residents of a small neighborhood of 22 homes. The bridge was being considered for replacement after the county was awarded a federal grant to cover the design and review costs of a new bridge. But Brookwood residents rallied against a replacement, calling their bridge part of the "cultural landscape."

”This bridge was built not to just carry traffic from one side of the creek to the other,” said Earl Biehn, one of the bridge’s builders. “It was built so we could add something to the county. Something beautiful to look at. People come from New York, Sacramento, you name it, just to see this covered bridge."

And, in 2013, community efforts successfully halted the plans to replace the bridge with a modern structure.

There were once at least 29 covered bridges in Humboldt County.

Located at:  N40 49.919   W124 02.713       -        WGCB #05-12-08

Photographed in May of 2025

Photos by Millard Farmer