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Coheelee Creek or Hilton, Early County

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Inventory Number: GA/10-49-02
County: Early County
Township:
Town/Village: Rock Hill
Bridge Name: Coheelee Creek or Hilton
Crosses: Coheelee Creek
Truss type: Modified Queen - King
Spans: 2
Length: 120'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1891
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N31 18.385
Longitude: W085 04.722
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Directions: 0.4 miles northeast of jct GA370 on GA62, then 1.8 miles left on Old River Rd. (bearing left at 0.5 miles), then left on Old River Rd. 0.1 miles to a dead end. Park and walk 250' south to the bridge. North-northwest of Hilton.

Coheelee Creek or Hilton Bridge, Rock Hill, Early County, GA. Built 1891
Bill Caswell Photo, April 24, 2013

Coheelee Creek or Hilton Bridge, Rock Hill, Early County, GA. Built 1891
Elna Johnson Collection

Coheelee Creek or Hilton Bridge, Rock Hill, Early County, GA. Built 1891
August 1966 Photo, Palmer Werner Collection

Comments:
This was one of four bridges discussed in Early County Commissioner's minutes of May 2, 1883. No action was taken until 1891 when the Commissioner's meeting minutes of July 7, 1891 indicated that they were presently under construction. This is the southernmost covered bridge in the United States.

Sources:
French, Thomas L., Jr. & Edwards. Covered Bridges of Georgia, 1984, page 30
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXVI, No. 3, Summer 1978, page 5
Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania. Portals, Volume 6, number 3 (September 1966), page 9
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 8