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Green plaque № 56677

Stone Mountain, United States

"Covered bridges" or "lattice bridges" were common throughout the Eastern U.S. during the nineteenth century. This bridge formerly spanned the North Fork of the Oconee River, in the city of Athens, Ga, connecting College Avenue and Hobson Avenue. Clarke County Ordinary S. M. Herrington let a buildin

g contract 26 March, 1891, for $2,470, to W. W. King. It cost $18,000 to move the bridge from Athens, 60 miles, to this point. Bridges like this were refuge for travelers during storms, courting coupl

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