Status: Abandoned, damaged
Location: 34.387830,-84.641541
Carries Auto--single lane over Salacoa Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: pony truss bridge for single lane of traffic, wooden flooring. Deck is 11'8" above the water at normal water level.
Total Length: 61.8 Feet
Span Length: 61.8 Feet
Overview: Abandoned pony truss bridge over Salacoa Creek on private property
History: unknown, closed when tree fell on it.
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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132558
Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
Status: Closed to all traffic
Location: 34.281677,-84.584488
Carries Auto--single lane over Shoal Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer, wooden deck bridge probably built in 1940s, rebuilt maybe in 70's. Covered in about 1998 as Memorial to J. D. Moore, owner of property and community leader.
Total Length: 100.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet
Overview: Covered steel stringer bridge over Shoal Creek on abandoned county road adjacent to Lost Town Trail
History: Old steel stringer bridge from 1940s? covered in about 1998 as Memorial.
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 34.380833,-84.427222
Carries U. Dowda Mill Road over Sharp Mtn. Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 50.9 Feet
Span Length: 19.7 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Sharp Mtn. Creek on U. Dowda Mill Road
History: Built 1951--last remaining wooden deck bridge in use in Cherokee County according to Roads and Bridges as of 1/09
Built: 1951
Location: Cherokee County
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
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Photo taken by Frank Mills in January 2009
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.250725,-84.454007
Carries Georgia Northeastern Railroad over Etowah River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Etowah River on Georgia Northeastern Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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244286
Photo taken by regularjoe
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 34.318012,-84.343358
Carries Georgia Highway 372 over Etowah River
Design: beam/stringer/concrete
Design Details: Concrete stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete stringer bridge over Etowah River on Georgia Highway 372
History: Replaced the Gilmer Ferry
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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View of concrete deck road surface
Etowah River Bridge, Gilmer Ferry Rd
Photo taken by Mark Slaughter in March 2012
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Profile view of bridge from site of old ferry
Concrete bridge replaced the old Gilmer Ferry. This view is from the site of the ferry.
Photo taken by Mark Slaughter in March 2012
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Gilmer Ferry across the Etowah River
Location of the Gilmer Ferry just upstream from the bridge
Photo taken by Mark Slaughter
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Old Gilmer Ferry Rd approach to the ferry
Old road runs up into the woods from the old ferry location next to the concrete bridge
Photo taken by Mark Slaughter
Status: Open to Rail Traffic
Location: 34.128508,-84.513558
Carries Georgia Northeast Railroad Co. over Little River
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck truss bridge over Little River on Georgia Northeastern Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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Overview
Taken 1-17-14
Photo taken by James F. Gentner
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Bridge
Looking up river toward the bridge from olde rope mill trail
Photo taken by Michael Hallstrom in May 2017
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bridge deck
Looking down the bridge deck
Photo taken by Michael Hallstrom in May 2017
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bridge
Looking at the up stream side of the bridge
Photo taken by Michael Hallstrom in May 2017
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 34.240385,-84.494377
Carries Waleska St. over Etowah River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Etowah River on Waleska St.
History:
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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circa 1910
Old Postcard- Bob Basford via Facebook
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Old Postcard- Bob Basford via Facebook
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 34.298958,-84.396572
Carries Cherokee Drive over Etowah River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Through truss bridge on Cherokee Drive over Etowah River
History:
Built:
Location: Cherokee County
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Bridge circa 1960
Facebook via Al Doowtrop
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.
