There are 16 wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Existing covered bridges
Name | Image | Location [A] | Year Built | Length | Crosses | Design | Historical Notes |
Auchumpkee Creek Covered Bridge[1] | | Thomaston, Upson County 32°45′20″N 84°13′49″W / 32.7556°N 84.2302°W / 32.7556; -84.2302 Geographic data related to Auchumpkee Creek Covered Bridge at OpenStreetMap | 1892, rebuilt 1997 | 96 feet (29 m) | Auchumpkee Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Big Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge[1] | | Woodbury, Meriwether County | c. 1840s | 252.5 feet (77.0 m) | Red Oak Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Wehadkee Creek Bridge-formerly Callaway Gardens Covered Bridge[1] | | LaGrange, Troup County | 1873; rebuilt in 1890 | 60 feet (18 m) | Cary Branch | Town lattice | |
Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge[1] | | Blakely, Early County 31°18′23″N 85°04′43″W / 31.30639°N 85.07861°W / 31.30639; -85.07861 | 1891 | 96 feet (29 m) | Coheelee Creek | Modified Queen Post | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Concord Covered Bridge[3] | | Smyrna, Cobb County | 1872 | 131.7 feet (40.1 m) | Nickajack Creek | Queen-rod | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge[3] | | Carnesville, Franklin County | 1906 | 132 feet (40 m) | Nails Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Elder's Mill Covered Bridge[3] | | Watkinsville, Oconee County | 1897 | 100 feet (30 m) | Rose Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Euharlee Covered Bridge[3] | | Euharlee, Bartow County | 1886 | 137.6 feet (41.9 m) | Euharlee Creek | Town lattice | |
Howard's Covered Bridge[3] | | Oglethorpe County | 1905 | 168 feet (51 m) | Big Clouds Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Hurricane Shoals Covered Bridge[4] | | Maysville, Jackson County | 1884, burned in 1972, rebuilt 2002 | 127 feet (39 m) | North Oconee River | Town lattice | |
Kesler Covered Bridge[5] | | Homer, Banks County | 1925 | 69 feet (21 m) | Broad River | King post to one side, Queen post to the other | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge[1] | | boundary between Barrow County and Walton County | 1894 | 117 feet (36 m) | Apalachee River | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Lula Covered Bridge[3] | | Gainesville, Hall County | 1915 | 34 feet (10 m) | Grove Creek | King post | Also known as Blind Susie Covered Bridge, locally.[6] |
New Salem Covered Bridge[7] | | Commerce, Jackson County | 1915 | 47 feet (14 m) | Grove Creek | King post | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Poole's Mill Covered Bridge[3] | | Cumming, Forsyth County | 1901 | 94.6 feet (28.8 m) | Settendown Creek | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
Rockdale County Covered Bridge[3] | | Conyers, Rockdale County | 1997 | 150 feet (46 m) | Mill Rock Creek | Decorative lattice | |
Stone Mountain Covered Bridge[3] | | Stone Mountain Park, DeKalb County | 1891 | 151 feet (46 m) | Stone Mountain Park Lake | Town lattice | |
Stovall Mill Covered Bridge[3] | | Helen, White County | 1895 | 36.8 feet (11.2 m) | Chickamauga Creek | Queen post | |
Watson Mill Bridge State Park[3] | | Comer, Madison County | 1885 | 228.6 feet (69.7 m) | South fork of the Broad River | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
White Oak Creek Covered Bridge[1] | | Alvaton, Meriwether County | 1880, burned in 1985 | N/A | N/A | Town lattice | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places[2] |
- A Sorting this column will result in bridges being listed in order by county.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Georgia Romantic Bridges" (PDF). Georgia Information Office, Georgia Department of Transportation. p. 5. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "North Georgia's Covered Bridges". About North Georgia. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ Seibert, David. "The Hurricane Shoals Covered Bridge". Georgia Virtual Library Galileo. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ "Documenting North America's past & present covered bridges". Retrieved July 15, 2025.
- ^ "Blind Suzie Covered Bridge". Explore Georgia. Georgia Department of Economic Development. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "Documenting North America's past & present covered bridges". Retrieved July 15, 2025.
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