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Clarkson-Legg - 1904

  • Winter setting in at Clarkson-Legg bridge in Alabama
    Winter setting in at Clarkson-Legg bridge in Alabama
  • Image of the front portal of a covered bridge
    Image of the front portal of a covered bridge
  • Town lattice truss design used in the Alabama bridge
    Town lattice truss design used in the Alabama bridge
  • Walkway down to the Clarkson-leg covered bridge
    Walkway down to the Clarkson-leg covered bridge
  • Side view of the town lattice truss at Clarkson-Leg covered bridge
    Side view of the town lattice truss at Clarkson-Leg covered bridge
  • Photo of the Clarkson-leg Mill in Alabama
    Photo of the Clarkson-leg Mill in Alabama
  • Close up view of the bridges town lattice truss
    Close up view of the bridges town lattice truss
  • Wide-angle view of the Clarkson-leg covered bridge in Alabama
    Wide-angle view of the Clarkson-leg covered bridge in Alabama
  • The Clarkson-legg covered bridge spanning the river
    The Clarkson-legg covered bridge spanning the river
  • Clarkson Legg 8 800
    Clarkson Legg 8 800
  • Clarkson Legg 9a 800
    Clarkson Legg 9a 800
  • Clarkson Legg 9b 800
    Clarkson Legg 9b 800
  • Clarkson Legg 10 800
    Clarkson Legg 10 800
  • Clarkson Legg 11 800
    Clarkson Legg 11 800
  • Clarkson Legg 12 800
    Clarkson Legg 12 800
  • Clarkson Legg 13 800
    Clarkson Legg 13 800
  • Clarkson Legg 17a 800
    Clarkson Legg 17a 800
  • Winter setting in at Clarkson-Legg bridge in Alabama
  • Image of the front portal of a covered bridge
  • Town lattice truss design used in the Alabama bridge
  • Walkway down to the Clarkson-leg covered bridge
  • Side view of the town lattice truss at Clarkson-Leg covered bridge
  • Photo of the Clarkson-leg Mill in Alabama
  • Close up view of the bridges town lattice truss
  • Wide-angle view of the Clarkson-leg covered bridge in Alabama
  • The Clarkson-legg covered bridge spanning the river
  • Clarkson Legg 8 800
  • Clarkson Legg 9a 800
  • Clarkson Legg 9b 800
  • Clarkson Legg 10 800
  • Clarkson Legg 11 800
  • Clarkson Legg 12 800
  • Clarkson Legg 13 800
  • Clarkson Legg 17a 800
    • Winter setting in at Clarkson-Legg bridge in Alabama
    • Image of the front portal of a covered bridge
    • Town lattice truss design used in the Alabama bridge
    • Walkway down to the Clarkson-leg covered bridge
    • Side view of the town lattice truss at Clarkson-Leg covered bridge
    • Photo of the Clarkson-leg Mill in Alabama
    • Close up view of the bridges town lattice truss
    • Wide-angle view of the Clarkson-leg covered bridge in Alabama
    • The Clarkson-legg covered bridge spanning the river
    • Clarkson Legg 8 800
    • Clarkson Legg 9a 800
    • Clarkson Legg 9b 800
    • Clarkson Legg 10 800
    • Clarkson Legg 11 800
    • Clarkson Legg 12 800
    • Clarkson Legg 13 800
    • Clarkson Legg 17a 800

     

    1904 Clarkson Covered Bridge, sometimes called Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge, or Legg Covered Bridge is a 270-foot covered bridge constructed in 1904. 

     

    Destroyed by a flood in 1921, it was rebuilt the following year.  It is the only remaining covered bridge in Cullman County and was restored by the Cullman County Commission in 1975 as an American Revolution Bicentennial Project.   Only one of the piers is original to the bridge - the middle one; the rest were added in the 1970s when the bridge was restored for the first time. 

     

    Clarkson Covered Bridge was once used by farmers and travelers to cross Crooked Creek in Cullman County, Alabama.  Crooked Creek is an important tributary to Smith Lake and one of the 77,000 miles of navigable streams that flow through Alabama (more than any other state).

     

    Located just off U.S. Highway 278 in Bethel, Clarkson Bridge is the site of numerous weddings, car shows, and various other activities.  

     

    Clarkson-Legg Mill sits near the covered bridge and is the final photograph shown here. 

     

    Named to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1974.  

     

    Located at:  N34 12.447   W86 59.448    -    WGCB #01-22-01.   

    Photographed in December 2019.

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