The Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge, spanning Nails Creek near

Carnesville, Georgia Carnesville is a city in Franklin County, Georgia, Franklin County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, and the county seat. Located in the center of Franklin County in northeastern Georgia, approximately from Atlanta, Carnesville had ...

, was built in 1907. It was listed on the

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in 1976. It is a Town Lattice truss bridge. It has also been known as Nails Creek Covered Bridge. It is located south of Carnesville at Nails Creek. The bridge rests on stone

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at its ends and a central pier. A steel truss made of 12-inch steel

I-beam An I-beam is any of various structural members with an - (serif capital letter 'I') or H-shaped cross section (geometry), cross-section. Technical terms for similar items include H-beam, I-profile, universal column (UC), w-beam (for "wide flang ...

s was added under the north end of the bridge. And later a single wooden pole was installed to support one side of the bridge. With

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Covered bridges in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Georgia Bridges completed in 1907 {{GeorgiaUS-NRHP-stub

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