The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge
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| The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge Imlac, Ga. |
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in the film "Lawless,” the Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge, spans Red Oak
Creek in the small community of Imlac, four miles north of Woodbury, Georgia.
This
1840s bridge covered bridge, is the last remaining covered bridge designed and built by
freed slave and noted bridge builder, Horace King. At 391 feet, including the approaches, this
structure is the oldest and longest wood covered bridge still in use in Georgia
and may very well be one of the sturdiest, as it's still open to traffic.
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| The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge's covered portion is 116 feet. |
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| The Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge's long sills were sawn from heart pine and are 15 x 15 inches. It is held together by approximately 2500 pegs. |
Photography by www.bonniemoret.com.
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