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Steele's Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over Amicalola Creek on Steele's Bridge Road
- Location
- Dawson County, Georgia
- Status
- Destroyed by fire
- History
- Destroyed by fire in 1977, replaced by steel truss bridge in 1980
- Design
- Covered Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.44508, -84.20903 (decimal degrees)
34°26'42" N, 84°12'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/756424/3815041 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Juno
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- GA 08550210 (Georgia bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 12545 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.3 (out of 100)
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The name used appears to say the bridge is made of steel.
The actual name is Steele's Bridge and Steele's Bridge Road. It was named for the family who actually put up the bridge pre-civil war. Their homestead was next to the original covered bridge and they were allowed to charge a toll.
The original Covered Bridge was burned down in 1976. A new bridge built by the Chumleys (who were kin to the Steeles) was built using steel trusses.
The name remained Steele's Bridge and the road Steele's Bridge Road.
Jim Steele