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Auchumpkee Creek or Hootenville, Upson County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-145-02#2
County: Upson County
Township: Northeast of Carsonville
Town/Village: Hootenville
Bridge Name: Auchumpkee Creek or Hootenville
Crosses: Auchumpkee Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 120'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1997
Builder: Arnold M. Graton Associates
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N32 45.339
Longitude: W084 13.797
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 2.0 miles northwest of jct GA22/US80 on GA3/US19, then 0.8 miles right on Allen Rd. to the bridge on the left side of the road. South-southeast of Thomaston.

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Northeast of Carsonville, Upson County, GA. Built 1997
Bill Caswell Photo, April 24, 2013

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1997
Bob Sheldon Photo, July 31, 2011

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1997
Jim Allen Photo, April 2012

Comments:
The original Hootenville Bridge was built by Warren Jackson Alford and James Wiley Herring in 1892 at a cost of $1,199.00. That structure was restored in 1985 and destroyed by flood water from Tropical Storm “Alberto” in July 1994. It was totally rebuilt by Arnold Graton in 1997, at a cost of $209,000.00. The bridge is located in a large, open, county-maintained area and has been bypassed by a new bridge on the downstream side and is no longer open to motor traffic. The original bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1975.

Source:
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 10

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