Honey Run Covered Bridge

Quickly after the discovery of gold in Butte County, the construction of a route to connect Butte Creek Canyon to the Paradise Ridge was needed. The Honey Run Covered Bridge was built by the American Bridge And Building Company of San Francisco. Original bids were submitted to Butte County in 1886 and the wood reinforced bridge with steel cables was finished in 1886 for $4,300. It was originally built to take a load of 1500 pounds.

The Honey Run Covered Bridge was the only covered bridge in the United States with three unequal sections and was only one of eleven covered bridges before the Campfire still standing in California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On November 8th, 2018 the Camp Fire that burned most of Paradise California, destroyed the historic covered bridge. The Honey Run Covered Bridge Association is planning to rebuild a replica of the bridge.