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Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

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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."
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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
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were sawn from heart pine and are 15 by 15 inches (38 cm × 38 cm) in dimension. It is held together by approximately 2,500 wooden pegs also known as
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Red Oak Creek Bridge, Spanning (Big) Red Oak Creek, Huel Brown Road (Covered Bridge Road), Woodbury, Meriwether County, GA
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carries Covered Bridge Road (historically Huel Brown Road) across
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge is located in Georgia
Woodbury, Georgia
33°02′18″N 84°33′12″W / 33.03833°N 84.55333°W / 33.03833; -84.55333 (Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge)
Horace King
Town lattice truss
73000632
Red Oak Covered Bridge Historic Marker
Red Oak Creek
Woodbury, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places
Town lattice truss
Horace King
sills
trunnels
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Georgia (U.S. state)
List of covered bridges in Georgia


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge / Big Red Oak Creek Bridge"
National Park Service
accompanying photo from 1972

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