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Built across Calls Creek in 1897 using Ithiel Town's wooden lattice-truss design, it was disassembled, numbered, and hauled by wagon to span Rose Creek in 1924 - one of Georgia's few covered bridges still carrying traffic on its original trusses.
Elder Mill Covered Bridge is a historical marker in Watkinsville, Oconee County, erected in 2001. It is one of 11 historical markers documented in Oconee County, among 51 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.8032, -83.3637 near Watkinsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Elder's Mill Covered Bridge and Elder Mill (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Elder Cemetery, Huff Cemetery, and David Elder Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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