Historical Marker

Watson Mill Bridge

Western end of covered bridge over South Fork Broad River in Watson Mill State Park, southeast of Comer · Oglethorpe

Inscription

WATSON MILL BRIDGE. Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia's longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long. Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, the workers of the now missing grist mill and saw mill and even for picnics and square dances.

The bridge was restored in 1973, by the Georgia Department of Transportation to serve as a nucleus for the surrounding state park. 109-8 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1974