My travels on Georgia's backroads for my books Backroads and Byways of Georgia (now in its second edition) and Georgia: A Backroads Portrait led me to some remote, beautiful, and interesting places. Few were more interesting and beautiful than the Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge, and very few were more remote.
On a dirt road about ten miles southwest of Blakely, county seat of Early County in the extreme southwest corner of Georgia, is the 121-foot-long Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge, set in a pleasant park with a picnic area.
Built in 1891 by J.W. Baughman and utilizing a modification of the queen post truss design, the Coheelee Creek bridge is the southernmost covered bridge in the United States. Just below the bridge is a small waterfall, which may possibly be the southernmost waterfall in Georgia.
The photo was made with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a Panasonic 14-140mm f3.5-5.6 lens which pretty much stayed glued to that camera.
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Lovely shot of the bridge, Dave. You must have felt a bit like Clint Eastwood taking that photo. Good to see you seem to be getting over Covid. I hope Mrs Jenkins is on the mend, too. Best wishes to you both for Christmas and the New Year.
ReplyDeleteNever thought of it that way, Bruce, but there's always a little thrill of discovery when I find something neat I've never seen before. Thanks for commenting and for your kind words. I also always get a little kick out of reading a new comment.
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