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ABOUT HONEY RUN COVERED BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

When the Honey Run Covered Bridge was destroyed in the November 2018 Camp Fire, a true icon was lost.  Honey Run Covered Bridge was constructed over Butte Creek in 1887. Built with Pratt style trusses some fifty years after their invention in the 1840's by Thomas and Caleb Pratt, the bridge was 238 feet long.  It was unique due to its three unequal spans (30 feet and 128 feet and 80 feet), and because the center bridge housing was higher than that of its two end housing. The rustic thoroughfare sat between Chico and Paradise over Butte Creek, and was the only three-span truss bridge of its kind in the United States. It was a monument to California's Gold Rush and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Until the Covered Bridge burned, it had been owned by Butte County and managed, except for major repairs, by the nonprofit HRCBA which was formed in 1965. On October 27, 2020, Butte County transferred Bridge ownership to HRCBA with the understanding that the HRCBA will rebuild the bridge with private donations. 

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

OUR BOARD MEMBERS

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JOANNE HALL

President

Golf Tournament Coordinator

Golf Tourney Pros - Owner

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MIKE FITZSIMMONS

Treasurer

Retired

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CINDY WOLFF

Secretary

Retired CSUC Professor

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LINDSAY STEINBERG

Vice President

Blue Flamingo Marketing 

Vice President

P:  (530) 278-8587

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RICK FOWLER

Board Member

Enloe Health

NP @ Wound + Hyperbaric Center

BRIAN GIBBS

Board Member

Retired

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TYLER COLWELL

Board Member

Senior Mechanical Engineer 

KAL Architects

STEVE FERREIRA

Board Member

Ferreira Construction - Owner

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SUSIE CRITCHLOW

Board Member

Retired

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO . . .

for your tireless dedication to constructing and fundraising for the Rebuild. 

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Maxwell Katt

Consor Engineering

​Principal Engineer

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KARIN & ANDY WILHOIT

FaceBook Administrators

Holiday Ornament Design & Sales

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Chris Souder

CSU Chico

Professor Construction Management

Pro Bono Project Manager

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WALT SCHAFER

Past President

Retired CSUC Professor

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