Rating:
44464
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5 votes
Hall's Mill Bridge
Photos
Side view looking northwest
Photo taken by JT Legg in June 2008
BH Photo #158185
Description
This bridge appears to have been abandoned in 1949 when the current highway was built. The highway when completed was known as State Route 249 and is today part of US 19 and State Route 60. It is not clear where exactly the road traveled east of the bridge.
Bridge Name
Written by Eddie Douthitt
According to info we garnered from the people at Cagle Produce which is right at the old bridge, the name of it is Hall's Mill Bridge. Special thanks go out to them for their conversations with us and sharing their recollections of the past. (By the way...they sell some wonderful chow-chow!!!)
April 2018 Update
Written by Leslie Sessums
Just spoke with the owner. He said this was THE bridge to Dahlonega until about 1938. His family has owned the property since the 1940's. There are still a couple walls left of the old mill. The owner runs a business on the property, Chestatee River Adventures, tubing and kayaking. He is in the process of restoring the bridge for pedestrian use.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over Chestatee River on Old Gainesville-Dahlonega Road
- Location
- Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia
- Status
- Abandoned
- Design
- Camelback through truss
- Also called
- Chestatee River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.50163, -83.96892 (decimal degrees)
34°30'06" N, 83°58'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/227404/3821781 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Dahlonega
- Inventory number
- BH 44464 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 4, 2018: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Wooden deck"
- May 4, 2018: Essay added by Leslie Sessums
- October 17, 2010: Essay added by Eddie Douthitt
- March 16, 2010: Added by James Legg
Sources
- JT Legg - talmo346 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Eddie Douthitt - dalton1861 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Leslie Sessums - leslie-loves-you [at] hotmail [dot] com