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Near Comer in Oglethorpe County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Watson Mill Bridge
 
Watson Mill Bridge Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
1. Watson Mill Bridge Marker
 
Inscription. 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.
 
Erected 1974 by Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (Marker Number 109-8.)
 
Location. 34° 1.567′ N, 83° 4.495′ W. Marker is near Comer, Georgia, in Oglethorpe County. Marker is at the intersection of Watson Mill Road and Whitsel Hollow Road, on the left when traveling west on Watson Mill Road. Click for map. The marker and bridge are in the Watson Mill Bridge State Park. Marker is at or near this postal address: 650 Watson Mill Road, Comer GA 30629, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Howard's Covered Bridge (approx. 4.3 miles away); Cloud's Creek Baptist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn and the Civil Rights Act (approx. 9 miles away); Crawford W. Long (approx. 10.8 miles away); Crawford W Long M D (approx. 10.8 miles away); Stinchcomb Methodist Church (approx. 10.8 miles away); Madison County (approx. 10.8 miles away); Governor Mathews' Homesite (approx. 10.8 miles away).
 
Watson Mill Bridge Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
2. Watson Mill Bridge Marker
 

 
Also see . . .  Watson Mill Bridge State Park. (Submitted on September 22, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)

 
Watson Mill Bridge Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
3. Watson Mill Bridge Marker
 
 
Watson Mill Bridge Marker Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
4. Watson Mill Bridge Marker
Note the marker to the left, and stone foundations and ponds to the right.
 
 
Watson Mill Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 22, 2007
5. Watson Mill Covered Bridge
The bridge spans the South Fork, Broad River
 
 
Watson Mill Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
6. Watson Mill Covered Bridge
 
 
Watson Mill Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
7. Watson Mill Covered Bridge
 
 
Watson Mill Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
8. Watson Mill Covered Bridge
 
 
Watson Mill Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size
By David Seibert, September 3, 2011
9. Watson Mill Covered Bridge
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on September 18, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 253 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on September 18, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 
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