Watson Mill Bridge-GHM 109-8-Oglethorpe Co
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Sprinterman
N 34° 01.569 W 083° 04.486
17S E 308442 N 3766996
on Watson Mill Rd. at covered bridge over South Fork Broad River in Watson Mill State Park
Waymark Code: WM6RPC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2009
Views: 3
Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia´s longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long.
Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, the workers of the now missing grist mill and saw mill and even for picnics and square dances. The bridge was restored in 1973, by the Georgia Department of Transportation to serve as a nucleus for the surrounding state park.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 109-8
Date: 1974
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER
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