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Wetumpka Covered Bridge

Elmore County, Alabama

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Overview
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Coosa River on W Bridge Street
Location
Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1844; Washed away in 'The Great Flood' of 1886
Builder
- Horace King of Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Design
Town lattice through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+32.53858, -86.20677   (decimal degrees)
32°32'19" N, 86°12'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/574484/3600413 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wetumpka
Inventory number
BH 58096 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,397)
Alabama (1,014)
Built 1844 (14)
Built during 1840s (233)
Destroyed by flood (613)
Elmore County, Alabama (17)
Horace King (9)
Lattice through truss (636)
Lattice truss (670)
 Lost (28,529)
Lost 1866 (4)
Lost during 1860s (62)
Through truss (16,816)
Town lattice truss (309)
Truss (35,500)
Wetumpka, Alabama (3)
Wooden deck (6,162)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added lost date, status details & link to photo
  • September 20, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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