Stovall Mill Covered Bridge

A beautiful day in North Georgia (79 degrees and just the right mix of blue skies & puffy white clouds) yesterday which got Gretchen and I out of the house early to visit another one of Georgia's historic Covered Bridges.  This time up was Stovall Mill Covered Bridge near Helen and I've updated the Covered Bridges Google Map, too.  You can park on either side of the bridge, so we started on the east side and got this beautiful picture of this structure that has been here since 1895.

This 38-foot structure does not have any of the windows that we love to take pictures peeking through, so we took advantage of some of the decay to get the closest thing possible.

I wondered down the other side to get some picture of the bridge from down near the creek level looking back up.

The supports on this thing are still (literally) rock-solid and the creek made the perfect sound of swift moving water over rocks – it was music to my ears.

The inside was in very solid shape.  I think those main beams where 12"x12".  I'm not sure anyone makes things to last like this anymore.

As you can tell above, the bridge has had many "traveling artist" visit it over the years.

It seems even the Dark Knight has left his mark.

In all seriousness, I do wish people had just a bit more respect for historical sites such as this one.  Ok... I'm moving on.

On that note, here is the historical site marker and a couple of views from the west side of the river.

It is hard to believe this little bridge is 121 years old.  Keep standing strong!!