Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

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Near Edman in Meriwether County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

By David Seibert, April 13, 2002

1. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

Inscription. This bridge was built in the 1840s by freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King (1807-1885). Constructed on the Town lattice design, the bridge’s web of planks crisscrossing at 45- to 60-degree angles are fastened at each intersection with a total of approximately 2,500 wooden pegs, or trunnels. Although King is credited with the construction of many covered bridges throughout west Georgia, this is his only surviving bridge of this design. At 391 feet, including the approaches, this structure is the oldest and longest wooden covered bridge in Georgia.

Erected 2001 by Georgia Historical Society, Meriwether Historical Society, Gay Co-Op Club, and the Meriwether County Commission. (Marker Number 99-2.)

Location. 33° 2.305′ N, 84° 33.133′ W. Marker is near Edman, Georgia, in Meriwether County. Marker is on Covered Bridge Road 0.2 miles east of Dan Stribling Road, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Located on Covered Bridge Road east of the small town of Edman on Georgia 85. Marker is in this post office area: Gay GA 30218, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Noted Indian Trail (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Cove Gorges of the Flint (approx. 6.2 miles away); Carmel Historic District (approx. 9.2 miles away); Meriwether County (approx. 9.3 miles away); a different marker also named Noted Indian Trail (approx. 9.4 miles away); Old Depot Site Warm Springs (approx. 12.7 miles away); Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (approx. 12.8 miles away); Warm Springs Treatment Pools (approx. 12.8 miles away).

By Anna Inbody, July 2, 2012

2. Overview

By David Seibert, June 30, 2012

3. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

By David Seibert, June 30, 2012

4. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Photo, Click for full size

By David Seibert, March 18, 2000

5. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

By David Seibert, June 30, 2012

6. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

The interior of the bridge, showing the Town lattice method of construction.

Credits. This page originally submitted on July 23, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,902 times since then. Last updated on July 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on July 23, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on July 8, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 5. submitted on July 23, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 6. submitted on July 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.