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Carroll
County, Georgia
(WGN
10-22-01) (WGCB GA-22-01) (1993) (Private)
A single-span Town lattice truss 42' 9" over Sams Creek. Located:
In Burwell, Georgia at Shiloh United Methodist Church. Directions:
From south of Tallapoosa, Georgia at the I-20 and SR 100 intersection,
go south on SR 100 through Kansas, Georgia to Smithfield Road, on the left;
follow to the center of Burwell, Georgia (Smithfield Road becomes Burwell
Road). The bridge is behind Shiloh United Methodist Church, on the
right. This is a private bridge. In 1991 church members drained
a lake that was formed in 1949 in Smith Bottoms and created gravel walking
trails which meander by apple, oak and other in memoriam trees over an
arch bridge and through the covered bridge. The bridge was constructed
in the style of a 19th Century Town lattice truss bridge, making it a modern
authentic covered bridge. Part of the structure is made from 100
year old white oak and poplar timbers from an old Davenport Mill Road Bridge.
The bridge is relatively open all around, with a low wooded hill on the
upstream end. (Mar 2006) |
