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Howard's Bridge (formerly known as Big Clouds Creek Bridge) is in Lexington, Georgia. Located in a very isolated section of historic Oglethorpe County, this bridge suffered from neglect and was in desperate need for rehabilitation. Some of the pictures below show the bridge while it was being repaired during April 1998. Those repairs are now complete. The original builder of this bridge is listed in Covered Bridges of Georgia as a "Mr. Hunt," which probably is the same person who is known to have built Cromer's Mill bridge: J. M. "Pink" Hunt. The Covered Bridge Trail of Georgia brochure states that this bridge was built by Pink Hunt and Washington King together. Whoever built the bridge was ambitious: this bridge had the longest main span, 130 feet, of any surviving bridges. At some point in time a wooden pier was built to shore up the long span so the claim of longest unsupported span now belongs to the Red Oak Creek bridge.

General Info County: Oglethorpe Other names: Howard Bridge or Big Clouds Creek Bridge Length: 168 ft. Built: 1905 Builder: Mr. Hunt? Truss: Town lattice	Stream: Big Clouds Creek Road name: Abandoned roadway near S2164 Traffic: No Parking: Along dirt road. Picnic area: No Historic marker: Yes Owner: Oglethorpe County

Directions: From Athens, take Hwy. 72 east to Colbert, south to Smithsonia and east on Chandler Silver Road. In Watson Mill State Park in the Classic South Travel Region in Oglethorpe County. Call 706-743-3113 or 706-743-5270.

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