Chattahoochee River Crossing-Henry Co
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Sprinterman
N 31° 36.255 W 085° 03.562
16R E 684101 N 3498205
Located near the McKemie Bridge on Alabama Highway 10, fourteen miles east of Abbeville, Alabama. At the Georgia State Line.
Waymark Code: WMANRT
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2011
Views: 15
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First settler crossings were made here prior to 1817 on a log ferry operated by Robert Irwin. First bridge built by Prescott and Bemis and destroyed by flood of 1855. Second wooden covered bridge was completed in 1869 by ex-slave Horace King. Third was the Henry-Clay cantilever bridge opened in 1925. Fourth is the present McKemie Bridge opened in 1973. This river was the number one highway for local prehistorical man long before Christ.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Henry County Historical Society, 1978.
Marker Name: Chattahoochee River Crossing
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
The river is not used for much navigation now.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1978
Marker Number: none
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