Discover Georgia's Howard's Covered Bridge - Formerly Big Clouds Creek Bridge - The Covered Bridge Trail of Georgia, Inc. was founded in 1998 to preserve and promote the last 15 of the many covered bridges that once existed in Georgia. Checkout the online and printable Georgia covered bridges maps. This covered bridge's description, picture, contact phone number and directions are provided below. Enjoy!

Howard's Bridge - Formerly known as Big Clouds Creek Bridge Phone: 706-743-3113 or 706-743-5270 - In Lexington, GA (Meriwether Co.) Bridge Description: This bridge goes over the Red Oak Creek. It was build in 1840 and is 252.5 feet long. It's truss is town lattice style. It is an open bridge for traffic. It has a historic marker and there is parking on the side of the road. It is also known as the Imlac Bridge. 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. Directions: From Athens, take Hwy. 72 east to Colbert, south to Smithsonia and E on Chandler Silver Rd. In Watson Mill State Park in the Classic South Travel Region in Oglethorpe County.

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