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CR 736 Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 34.697403,-85.561800

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Carries CR 736 over Dry Creek
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 120.1 Feet
Span Length: 120.1 Feet

Overview: Lost truss bridge over Dry Creek on CR 736 in Ider
History: Built 1924, Replaced 2004
Built: 1924

Location: De Kalb County

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Little River Bridge

Status: Replaced by new bridge

Location: 34.538185,-85.527878

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Carries AL 117 over Little River
Design: arch/deck
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 127.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.1 Feet

Overview: Lost concrete arch bridge over Little River on AL 117
History: Built 1928; replaced 2010
Built: 1928

Location: De Kalb County

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West Fork Little River Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.570207,-85.574441

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Carries State Highway 117 over Little River, West Fork
Design: arch/deck/open
Design Details: Luten-characteristic, open spandrel, concrete arch
Total Length: 127.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.1 Feet

Overview: Open spandrel concrete arch bridge over West Fork Little River on State Highway 117 in Mentone
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928

Location: De Kalb County

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Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge 01-25-A

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.534294,-85.599011

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Carries County Road 614 over Little River, West Fork
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: The bridge is a wooden design of a Warren truss bridge, also with a wooden deck, built on top of a steel cable and truss foundation. It is a 3-tiered bridge, resting on two piers of iron and one of solid rock. Vertical stringers replaced the slanted stringers on the original steel cabled bridge foundation.
Total Length: 90.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Warren through truss wooden bridge over Little River, West Fork on County Road 614
History: Original covered bridge built by Union Army in 1864, covered Kingpost truss portion moved to current location and rebuilt on existing steel cable bridge in 1972, rebuilt and restored by Jack Jones, 1980
Built: 1972

Location: De Kalb County

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Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge

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Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge

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Black and White

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The olde trail

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County Road 185 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.349627,-85.837502

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Carries County Road 185 over Big Wills Creek
Design: truss/pony/bailey
Design Details: Bailey truss, with three timber stringer approach spans, two on the east approach, and one on the west.
Total Length: 127.0 Feet
Span Length: 61.0 Feet

Overview: Bailey Truss bridge over Big Wills Creek on County Road 185
History: Built 1933; Rehabilitated 2006
Built: 1933

Location: De Kalb County

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County Road 212 Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.332937,-85.847802

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Carries County Road 212 over Big Wills Creek
Design: truss/modern/pony/pratt
Design Details: One lane
Total Length: 96.0 Feet
Span Length: 96.0 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Bill Wills Creek on County Road 212
History: Old Pratt steel truss replaced in 1999 was replaced with, new prefabricated steel truss bridge that was made in 1997, installed 1999
Built: 1999

Location: De Kalb County

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Big Wills Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.314722,-85.867222

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Carries CR 207 over Big Wills Creek
Design: truss/modern/pony/pratt
Design Details: Modern Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 160.1 Feet
Span Length: 160.1 Feet

Overview: Pratt pony truss MOB bridge over Big Wills Creek on CR 207
History: Built 2003
Built: 2003

Location: De Kalb County

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Mildred Kerley Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.266226,-85.862421

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Carries North Valley Road over Little Wills Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 100.1 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Little Wills Creek on North Valley Road
History: Built 1920
Built: 1920

Location: De Kalb County

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College Avenue Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.265681,-85.860887

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Carries College Avenue over Little Wills Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 80.1 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Little Wills Creek on College Avenue
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: De Kalb County

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Church Street Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic

Location: 34.265490,-85.863825

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Carries Church Street over Little Wills Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 120.1 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Little Wills Creek on Church Street
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: De Kalb County

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First Avenue Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic

Location: 34.265337,-85.859592

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Carries First Avenue over Little Wills Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 80.1 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Little Wills Creek on First Avenue
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: De Kalb County

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Big Wills Creek Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic

Location: 34.394013,-85.797800

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Carries Co Rt 189 over Big Wills Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 146.0 Feet
Span Length: 80.1 Feet

Overview: Steel pony truss bridge over Big Wills Creek on Co Rt 189
History: Built 1932
Built: 1932

Location: De Kalb County

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Bengis Creek Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.584722,-85.740000

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Carries Co Rt 678 over Bengis Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer with wooden deck
Total Length: 34.1 Feet
Span Length: 34.1 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Bengis Creek on Co Rt 678
History: Built 1921
Built: 1921

Location: De Kalb County

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Town Creek Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 34.474147,-85.814203

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Carries Chavies Road over Town Creek
Design: beam
Design Details: Beam
Total Length: 266.7 Feet
Span Length: 109.3 Feet

Overview: Beam bridge over Town Creek on Chavies Road
History: Built 1898; rehabilitated 1981; replaced 2018-2019
Built: 1898

Location: De Kalb County

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Big Wills Creek Bridge

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Location: 34.294837,-85.884098

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Carries Co Rt 30 over Big Wills Creek
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 112.9 Feet
Span Length: 80.1 Feet

Overview: Lost Deck truss bridge over Big Wills Creek on Co Rt 30
History: Built 1908
Built: 1908

Location: De Kalb County

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Old South Sauty Creek Bridge

Status: Derelict/abandoned

Location: 34.628306,-85.758147

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Carries Abandoned Road over South Sauty Creek
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned Bridge over South Sauty Creek
History:
Built:

Location: De Kalb County

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318609

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South Sauty Creek Bridge

Status: Derelict/abandoned/collapsed

Location: 34.520794,-85.881959

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Carries Jones Rd over South Sauty Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over South Sauty Creek on Jones Rd
History:
Built:

Location: De Kalb County

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311204

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311205

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311206

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311207

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Broad Street Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.263104,-85.862081

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Carries Broad Street over Little Wills Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 107.9 Feet
Span Length: 26.9 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Little Wills Creek on Broad Street
History: Built 1925
Built: 1925

Location: De Kalb County

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North Valley Avenue Bridge

Status: Open to traffic

Location: 34.265942,-85.861652

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Carries North Valley Avenue over Little Wills Creek
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 66.9 Feet
Span Length: 24.9 Feet

Overview: Slab bridge over Little Wills Creek on North Valley Avenue
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936

Location: De Kalb County

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Reed Street Bridge

Status: Closed to all traffic

Location: 34.265723,-85.857881

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Carries Reed Street over Little Willis Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Little Willis Creek on Reed Street
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Built:

Location: De Kalb County

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Yellow Creek Bridge

Status: Demolished

Location: 34.408647,-85.643714

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Carries CR 261 over Yellow Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Yellow Creek on CR 261
History: Demolished in mid 1990s
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Location: De Kalb County

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West Little River Bridge

Status: No longer exists

Location: 34.564227,-85.575352

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Carries River Road over West Little River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over West Little River on River Road
History:
Built:

Location: De Kalb County

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445036

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Looking west

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445037

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Abutment on the east side of the river

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445038

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Only remaining pier.

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445039

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Looking west

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445040

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Only remaining pier. East side of river.

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445041

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Looking west

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High Falls Bridge

Status: Destroyed by fire

Location: 34.399654,-86.066783

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Carries Co Rd 144 over Town Creek
Design: truss/through/lattice
Design Details: Lattice through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Covered Bridge over Town Creek on Co Rd 144
History: Built 1923; Burned 1950
Built: 1923

Location: De Kalb County

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463285

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First covered bridge

This bridge had a span that wasn’t covered. Sorry for the quality.

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463286

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Second version of the bridge

The entire bridge became covered. The sides have a lattice in this pic because supposedly the darkness when they were covered made some mules hesitant to cross with the sound of the rushing creek below.

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463287

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Photo taken by Ben Tate in December 2019

463288

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463289

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1998 Pedestrian MOB on original piers

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463290

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Rod sticking out of a pier

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463291

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Rod sticking out of a pier

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463292

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Rod sticking out of a pier

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463293

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Rod sticking out of a pier

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463294

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Original piers

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463295

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Northern abutment

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463296

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463297

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Broken Dam Bridge

Status: Destroyed by disaster

Location: 34.523119,-85.525474

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Carries County Rd 84 over East Fork Little River
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over East Fork Little River on County Rd 84
History: Built 1924
Built: 1924

Location: De Kalb County

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467592

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467593

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Bridge deck remains

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467594

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Bridge deck remains

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467595

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Bridge deck remains

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467596

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Bridge deck remains

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467597

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Missing portion of bridge

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467598

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Missing portion of bridge

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467599

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467600

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Bridge deck remains

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467601

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467602

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467603

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467604

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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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