Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered bridge over Amicalola Creek on Steele's Bridge Road
- Location
- Dawson County, Georgia
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Destroyed by fire in 1976, replaced by steel truss bridge in 1980
- Design
- Covered Through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.44500, -84.18333 (decimal degrees)
34°26'42" N, 84°10'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 12545 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 64.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 540
Comments
Steelbridge Road Bridge
The name used appears to say the bridge is made of steel.
The actual name is Steele's Bridge and Steele's Bridge Road. It was named for the family who actually put up the bridge pre-civil war. Their homestead was next to the original covered bridge and they were allowed to charge a toll.
The original Covered Bridge was burned down in 1976. A new bridge built by the Chumleys (who were kin to the Steeles) was built using steel trusses.
The name remained Steele's Bridge and the road Steele's Bridge Road.
Jim Steele