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General Information
| Other name(s): | Imlac Bridge |
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| Beginning of works: | 1840s |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Covered bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Structure: |
Town lattice truss bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Support conditions: |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1973 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Meriwether County, Georgia, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 33° 2' 18.78" N 84° 33' 7.81" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 76.96 m |
Materials
| truss |
wood
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge, located north of Woodbury, Georgia (historically on Huel Brown Rd.) now on Covered Bridge Road (, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Architect: King, Horace
It is a Town truss covered bridge and has also been known as Big Red Oak Creek Bridge.
It was probably built by Horace King, a slave, in about 1840.
The bridge's covered portion is 116 feet (35 m) long while its total span is 412 feet (126 m) long, which is the longest total span of any covered bridge in Georgia. Its long sills were sawn from heart pine and are 15 by 15 inches (0.38 m × 0.38 m) in dimension. It is held together by approximately 2500 pegs.
When listed in 1973, the bridge was still in use. It was thought to possibly be the oldest covered bridge in Georgia, and to be "an outstanding reminder of the age when there were over 250 covered bridges in Georgia."
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge" and modified on November 15, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Horace King (accredited to)
Relevant Web Sites
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20007840 - Published on:
14/01/2003 - Last updated on:
10/11/2021
