Euharlee Covered Bridge, Historic covered bridge in Bartow County, United States.
Euharlee Covered Bridge is a wooden structure spanning a creek in Bartow County, featuring lattice trusses constructed from planks joined with wooden dowels called trunnels. The bridge includes a long approach ramp and information markers that explain its building techniques.
A flood on Euharlee Creek swept away the earlier bridge on Daniel Lowry's property, killing one man. Daniel Lowry supplied some of the materials, and the new bridge was raised in 1886 beside the mill at the crossing site. It was built by Washington King, son of bridge builder Horace King, working with Johnathan H. Burke.
The bridge is also called the Lowry Bridge, after Daniel Lowry, on whose land the earlier crossing stood and who supplied some of the materials for the 1886 replacement beside his mill. The structure is a Town lattice truss, a design associated with Ithiel Town, in which planks cross at 45- to 60-degree angles.
The bridge carried traffic until 1980, when a new two-lane span was built and the crossing became pedestrian-only. It stands beside the mill site on Euharlee Creek, west of Cartersville in Bartow County, and a historical marker near the bridge gives its history.
The lattice trusses are fastened with wooden pegs called trunnels at every intersection, a detail visible where the crisscrossing planks meet. The bridge was built in 1886 by Washington King, son of Horace King, and Johnathan H. Burke.
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