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

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 15, 2023

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.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges, and the Georgia Historical Society series lists.

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

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured 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. 9.3 miles away); Men of Meriwether Who Gave Their All (approx. 9.4 miles away); Our Soldiers (approx. 9.4 miles away); Brigadier General David Meriwether (approx. 9.4 miles away).

Also see . . . Explore Southern History article "A Surviving Horace King Bridge". Thanks to adamthewoo. (Submitted on August 8, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by David Seibert, April 13, 2002

2. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

Photographed by David Seibert, June 30, 2012

3. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

Photographed by David Seibert, June 30, 2012

4. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Marker

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, March 18, 2000

5. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

Photographed by David Seibert, June 30, 2012

6. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

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

Photographed by J. Makali Bruton, November 15, 2023

7. Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge

This view is of the eastern side of the bridge. The marker is at the western side.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 3,185 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on July 9, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on April 7, 2024, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on July 23, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 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. 7. submitted on April 7, 2024, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.