builder Horace King (1807-1885); Cunstmcted on the lhwn 1min ' design, the hridges web of planks crisscrossing at 45- tn Gil-degree angles are fastened at each intersection with a total of approximately 2,500 wooden pegs, or trunnels. Although King is credited with the construction of many covered hdgesthmughout west Georgia, this is his only surviving bridge of this design. At 391 feet, including the apbraaches, this structure isthe oldest and longest wooden covered bridge' 11! Georgia. Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, Mex-indict Hismricsi Society. Gay Co- -op Club and the Meriwether County Commission w 1001.19