Watson Mill Bridge

Watson Mill Bridge is a Georgia historical marker in Oglethorpe County, dedicated 1992.

At the intersection of Watson Mill Road and Whitsel Hollow Road near Comer.

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Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia's longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long. Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, the workers of the now missing grist mill and saw mill and even for picnics and square dances. The bridge was restored in 1973, by the Georgia Department of Transportation to serve as a nucleus for the surrounding state park.

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1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Carnesville, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering the location of Watson Mill Bridge, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Watson Mill Bridge

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