The Watson Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1885 by Washington King, son of a freed slave and famously covered bridge builder, Horace King. 

It is 228.6 feet long and is open to traffic.  Its truss is a town lattice.  It is also known as Carlton Bridge and is Georgia's longest original-site covered bridge in Georgia spanning the South Fork River in Madison County.

The bridge is the main attraction in Watson Mill Bridge State Park, named after Gabriel Watson.  Also located within the park's bridge and Mill Historic District are remnants of a mill complex and hydroelectric plant.

There were over 250 covered bridges in Georgia, but now only 15 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 1991.

Located at:  N34 01.615   W83 04.492     -     WGCB #10-97-01/10-109-02

Photographed in late November of 2018

Photos by Millard Farmer