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Fernbridge is an
Fernbridge is a stop on the
The town name was changed to Fernbridge from Singley Station about two years after the Fernbridge was built across the Eel in 1910–1911. The first post office at Fernbridge opened in 1924.
In 1934, when California numbered and marked
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
at an elevation of in Humboldt County, California
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, named for a historic bridge, west-northwest of Fortuna
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. The bridge is the world's longest poured concrete bridge and was the only bridge on the lower Eel River to survive the mid-century floods.
Town of Fernbridge
The unincorporated area named Fernbridge lies between the Eel River andHighway 101
Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson (lead vocals), Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone (bass guitar, vocals), and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums) ...
bisected by unused Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional shortline railroad utilizing a stretch of the 271 mile mainline between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Formerly, it was a regi ...
tracks. The Humboldt Creamery
Humboldt Creamery was formerly an agricultural marketing cooperative located on the California North Coast currently owned by Foster Farms Dairy of Modesto, California.
History
The co-op produced as much as 10 million gallons of ice cream ann ...
, a roadhouse, the old railway depot, several warehouses, a fuel depot and several houses line Fernbridge Drive (Old U.S. 101) which now serves as an access road between exits 691 and 692.Fernbridge is a stop on the Humboldt Transit Authority
Humboldt Transit Authority (HTA) operates several transit services in Humboldt County, California:
* Redwood Transit System
*Eureka Transit Service
The Eureka Transit Service is the city fixed-route bus system in Eureka, California. ETS operates ...
fixed route transit bus systems, served by the Redwood Transit System
The Redwood Transit System is a commuter transit service that operates Monday-Saturday on the Highway 101 corridor between Trinidad and Garberville in Humboldt County, California, and also serves Westhaven, McKinleyville, Arcata, Eureka, Fields Lan ...
connecting north and south Humboldt along 101. Fernbridge ZIP Code is 95540 and the community is inside area code 707
Area code 707 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northwestern part of the U.S. state of California. It was created by a split of area code 415 on March 1, 1959. It serves part of the northern San Francisco ...
.
The United States Geological Survey
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maintains a webcam overlooking Fernbridge, and a river gage of water level at the bridge.
Early history
The area was first named Singley Station in 1885 after George Singley who ran a ferry across the Eel River from 1876 to 1889. As soon as a train station was built, a stage ran on a regular schedule to connect to the train. By 1891, the ferry was pulled by a steam winch and a seasonal pontoon bridge was added in the summer.
The town name was changed to Fernbridge from Singley Station about two years after the Fernbridge was built across the Eel in 1910–1911. The first post office at Fernbridge opened in 1924.
In 1934, when California numbered and marked California State Route 1
State Route 1 (SR 1) is a major north–south state highway that runs along most of the Pacific coastline of the U.S. state of California. At , it is the longest state route in California, and the second-longest in the US after Monta ...
, the route began in Las Cruces, California
Las Cruces (Spanish language, Spanish for "The Crosses") is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California. It lies at the split between California State Route 1, which travels north to Lompoc, California, L ...
and ended at Fernbridge, although by 1984, admitting the route was not feasible south of Ferndale, this section of Route 1 was renumbered to State Highway 211.
See also
* *Ferndale Museum
The nonprofit Ferndale Museum, located in Ferndale, California, houses and exhibits artifacts, documents and papers from settlement during the California Gold Rush to the present including an active Bosch-Omori seismograph. The area of collec ...
(for historical artifacts and extensive history of the Fernbridge bridge)
References
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