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Photo taken by James McCray

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Description

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge is the southernmost authentic covered bridge in the United States.

Facts

Overview: Queenpost through truss bridge over Coheelee Creek on Old River Road (County Road 80)
Location: Early County, Georgia
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1891
Builder: - John William Baughman
Design: Queenpost through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 96.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1976
Approximate latitude, longitude: +31.30637, -85.07869 (decimal degrees)
31°18'23" N, 85°04'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/682846/3465150 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Columbia
Inventory numbers: NRHP 76000617 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 47714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 15, 2012: New photos from James McCray
January 15, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge

Posted June 16, 2012, by Yvonne Bennett (timesharevon [at] aol [dot] com)

I have a couple of photos that I took in January 1980 of this bridge before the 1984 restoration. It's nice to see it's been updated and repaired, and the area cleared into a nice park.