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Howard's - 1904
The Howard's Covered Bridge in Oglethorpe County was built in 1904-05 to replace an earlier structure. This bridge bears the name of a pioneer family who settled near Big Cloud's Creek in the late 1700s.
Constructed in the Town lattice design using convict labor, the 164-foot bridge's web of planks crisscrosses at 45 to 60-degree angles and is fastened with wooden pegs, or trunnels, at each intersection. The south Georgia timber used in the bridge was transported to Smithonia via the Smith and Dunlap Railroad, a standard gauge steam railroad connecting the farm complex of James Monroe Smith with the Georgia Railroad at Dunlap.
There were once over 250 covered bridges in Georgia, but now only 15 remain.
Howard's Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Located at: N33 59.17 W83 07.99 - WGCB #10-109-01
Photographed in late November of 2018.