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Kymulga Covered Bridge 01-61-01

Talladega County, Alabama

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Overview

Photo taken by James McCray

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Facts 

Overview
Howe through truss bridge over Talladega Creek on an access to the Old Georgia Road in Kymulga Park about four miles north of Childersburg on Grist Mill Road
Location
Childersburg, Talladega County, Alabama
Status
Preserved and open to pedestrians
History
Built 1861
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.33399, -86.29991   (decimal degrees)
33°20'02" N, 86°17'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/565152/3688533 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Childersburg
Inventory numbers
NRHP 76000356 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37601 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,224)
Alabama (1,032)
Built 1861 (44)
Built during 1860s (706)
Childersburg, Alabama (3)
Covered (2,873)
Have street view (30,040)
Howe through truss (597)
Howe truss (741)
 NR-listed (3,025)
Open to pedestrians (4,649)
Owned by city (6,193)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,643)
Talladega County, Alabama (31)
Through truss (18,192)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,538)
Truss (37,225)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • September 27, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • October 13, 2008: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Kymulga Covered Bridge 01-61-01
Posted July 15, 2021, by ester (estercalvert [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I can not find any info on who actually built this bridge.

Are there any records? If you could help me with this info I would appreciate it. Thank you