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Washington W. King or College Avenue or Stone Mountain Park, De Kalb County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-44-01
County: De Kalb County
Township:
Town/Village: Stone Mountain
Bridge Name: Washington W. King or College Avenue or Stone Mountain Park
Crosses: Stone Mountain Lake
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1+
Length: 151'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1893 (M1965)
Builder: Washington W. King
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N33 48.207
Longitude: W084 07.993
See a map of the area
Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.0 miles ahead from US78 exit 8 into Stone Mountain Park on Jefferson Davis Dr., then 1.0 miles left on Robert E Lee Blvd., go ½ way round the traffic circle then right on Covered Bridge Ln. 0.2 miles to the bridge.

College Avenue or Stone Mountain Park or Effie's Bridge, Stone Mountain, De Kalb County, GA. Built 1893 (M1965)
Tom and Linda Burns Photo, June 25, 1990

College Avenue or Stone Mountain Park or Effie's Bridge, Stone Mountain, De Kalb County, GA. Built 1893 (M1965)
Bill Caswell Photo, July 15, 2009

Comments:
Washington W. King contracted to build this bridge on March 26, 1891 for $2,470. Construction began in 1892. According to Gary L. Doster, local Athens Historian, the bridge was rebuilt in 1908 after flood took out the earlier covered bridge. An April 30, 1909 Grand Jury report summary in The Banner states that the bridge had to be recovered after the August 1908 freshet and piers were added. After being threatened by flood waters in 1911 it was raised 8 feetThe bridge was also known as Elm Street bridge. It received the name Effie's bridge due to a nearby row of brothel houses run by Miss Effie T. Matthews. . The bridge was closed in June 1963 after being damaged by floodwaters. In 1965 this bridge was moved to Stone Mountain where it is GA/10-44-01. Its length was reduced from 162' to 151' at that time. Although it was one continuous truss, the bridge has two support piers. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 2022. Formerly GA/10-29-01.

Sources:
The Banner (Athens), April 30, 1909.
French, Thomas L., Jr. & Edwards. Covered Bridges of Georgia, 1984, pages 27-28
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXV, No. 3, October 1967, page 7
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Portals, Volume 6, number 2 (June 1966), page 7
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 8