| | | |  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). | | | |  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.)
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