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Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek, Upson County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-145-02x
County: Upson County
Township:
Town/Village: Hootenville
Bridge Name: Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek
Crosses: Auchumpkee Creek
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1
Length: 120'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1892
Builder: Warren Jackson Alford & Dr. James Wiley Herring
When Lost: Jul 1994
Cause: Tropical Storm Alberto
Latitude: N32 45.341
Longitude: W084 13.795
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Directions: 2.0 miles northwest of jct US80 on US19, then 0.7 right on Allen Rd. South-southeast of Thomaston.

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1892 Destroyed in Tropical Storm Alberto, Rebuilt in 1 Jul 1994
Elna Johnson Collection

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1892 Tropical Storm Alberto Jul 1994
Jan Shultz Photo, July 1991

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1892 Tropical Storm Alberto Jul 1994
May 24, 1987 Photo, Palmer Werner Collection

Hootenville or Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Hootenville, Upson County, GA. Built 1892 Tropical Storm Alberto Jul 1994
Palmer Werner Collection

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.

Sources:
French, Thomas L., Jr. & Edwards. Covered Bridges of Georgia, 1984, page 49
Trish Kane.
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXVI, No. 3, Summer 1978, page 5

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