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Howard's Covered Bridge

Coordinates: 33°59′9″N 83°8′1″W / 33.98583°N 83.13361°W / 33.98583; -83.13361
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Howard's Covered Bridge
Howard's Covered Bridge is located in Georgia
Howard's Covered Bridge
Location in Georgia
Howard's Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Howard's Covered Bridge
Location in United States
Nearest citySmithonia, Georgia
Coordinates33°59′9″N 83°8′1″W / 33.98583°N 83.13361°W / 33.98583; -83.13361
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Built byMr. Hunt (supervisor), convict labor
Architectural styleTown lattice
NRHP reference No.75000604[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1975

Howard's Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge outside of Smithonia in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1975. The bridge is located 3 miles southeast of Smithonia on SR S2164. The bridge was built in 1905 in a Town lattice design and is 168 feet (51 m) long. The span travels over Big Clouds Creek. The site is marked by a historical marker posted by the Georgia Historical Society.[2] The bridge was named for the pioneer family that settled in the area in the late 1700s.[2] It was built with convict labor and is fastened with wooden trunnels.[2] The timber used was transported on the Smithonia and Dunlap Railroad, connecting James Monroe Smith's farm with the Georgia Railroad at Dunlap, Georgia.[2]

The site's historical marker is at the southern end of Chandler Silver Road at the intersection with Cloud's Creek Road, 1.3 miles west of the Cloud's Creek Baptist Church marker.[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Howard's Covered Bridge Historical Marker Georgia Info
  3. ^ Howard's Covered Bridge Georgia Info (photograph and historical marker location information)