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Banks
County, Georgia
(WGN
10-06-06 #2) (WGCB GA-06-06 #2)
(1976) (Private)
A single-span modified Kingpost truss 34' over Grove Creek. Located:
Southeast of Lula, Georgia on an abandoned golf course off Antioch Road.
Directions: From Lula, Georgia at the jct. of SR 51 and SR 52, go
east 3.0 miles on SR 51 to Antioch Road (CR 109), on the right; go down
Antioch Road (CR 109) 1.1 miles to the bridge, on the right, at the dip
in the road. There is no parking available at the bridge. On
private property so request permission to visit. When photographed
on March 15, 2006 the area had become overgrown with vegetation and posted.
There was no indication where one might seek permission to visit.
Therefore all shots were taken from Antioch Road (CR 109). It is
the shortest historic as well as the only covered bridge remaining in Georgia
with a Kingpost truss. The bridge was originally built in 1915 and was
relocated to its present site from it original location over the same creek
about one mile away. Has been referred to as the Blind Susie Covered
Bridge after a Banks County woman who sat on her porch selling jars
of moonshine hidden under her skirt. The bridge was in service until
1969 when it was bypassed by nearby concrete bridge built on the road’s
present alignment. In 1975 the bridge was taken apart and completely
rebuilt on the banks before being lifted by a crane and placed back on
its original foundations in 1976. The truss is a two-panel kingpost
over a half height M support and has three steel tension rods, one in the
center and one outside each leg of the M support. Is in the dense
wooded area next to an abandoned golf course. Banks County
had at least eighteen covered bridges in 1954 and this structure is the
last authentic historic covered bridge remaining. When visited on
March 16, 2006, the bridge had apparently been totally abandoned by its
present owners and in bad shape with several holes in its shake roof.
Also known as the Blind Susie Covered Bridge, the Garrison Covered
Bridge and the Hyder Covered Bridge. (Mar 2006) |
