Progress has been made on the project to repair the covered bridge at Bridgeport, but it is unlikely the bridge will be open to pedestrians anytime soon. Local rangers from the Sierra District of The California Parks Department are attempting to gather $90,000 to conduct an emergency stabilization of the bridge, said Marilyn Linkem, Sierra District director. “We don’t want to lose the bridge,” she said. The money could be made available through $20 million recently uncovered by the California Department of Finance in the parks department recreation fund, Linkem said. In the meantime, Linkem continues to scramble for dollars …