BUCKS BAR
North Fork of the Cosumnes River
June 24, 1915: "The County Supervisors will not purchase the steel bridge frame at Ione for the Buck's Bar bridge across a fork of the Cosumnes River, but will build a covered wooden bridge, seventy feet in length. Lumber has already been ordered, and the bridge will be completed in plenty of time for the high water next Winter." (The Sacramento Bee)
April 17, 1941: "Worley McMurray had a narrow escape when his truck plunged through the railing of the Bucks Bar bridge and landed under the water of the Consumnes River." (The Mountain Democrat)
October 30, 1941: "The covered bridge across the north fork of the Cosumnes River, at Buck's Bar, is no more.
The structure was razed by a crew of workmen under the direction of Hector Williamson, and will be replaced with a modern bridge of steel and concrete at a cost of $7,495.
Contract for the work recently was awarded Williamson by the Board of Supervisors and work was started the fore part of the week, traffic being by-passed over a ford during the progress of the work.
It is expected that the new structure may be completed, barring unforeseen delays, by about the first of December, according to Acting County Engineer Frank McCarton" (The Mountain Democrat)
October 30, 1941: "Work has been started on the new bridge over the north fork of the Consumnes river at Bucks Bar. All traffic will soon have to take a detour and go through the river where they made a temporary road." (The Mountain Democrat)