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Rating:
36463
{68}%
3 votes
Clarkson Covered Bridge
Cullman County
,
Alabama
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Photo taken by James McCray in April 2008
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Overview
Lattice through truss bridge over Crooked Creek on Central Rd. (CR 1043) at the Clarkson Covered Bridge Park
Location
Cullman County
,
Alabama
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1904 by James Legg. Destroyed by a flood in 1921 and rebuilt in 1922. Rehabilitated in 1975. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Builder
-
James Wordlaw Legg
Design
Town Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 270.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1974
Also called
Legg Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.20752
,
-86.99093
(decimal degrees)
34°12'27" N, 86°59'27" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/500835/3785166
(zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
West Point
Inventory numbers
NRHP 74000408
(National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36463
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Alabama
(498)
Built 1904
(326)
Built during 1900s
(4,246)
Covered
(925)
Cullman County, Alabama
(16)
Have street view
(9,891)
James Wordlaw Legg
(1)
Lattice truss
(265)
NR-listed
(2,353)
Open to Pedestrians
(2,084)
Owned by county
(16,488)
Through truss
(9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet
(3,371)
Town lattice truss
(116)
Truss
(23,568)
Update Log
October 27, 2012: New photos from James McCray
August 24, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
July 5, 2010: New Street View added by James McCray
July 10, 2008: Updated by James McCray
April 17, 2008: Added by James McCray
Sources
James McCray -
jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
Ben Tate
-
benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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