Year Erected: 2000
Image Credit: Ammons Grave Restoration
Marker Text: Fred Dover constructed a bridge and nearby grist, saw, and shingle mill complex here in the late 1800s. The original bridge washed away in the early 1890s. In 1895 Will Pardue replaced the bridge with the present 37-foot structure with a 33-foot span. Dover sold the operation to Fred Stovall, Sr., in 1917. The mill and dam washed away in 1963. Constructed as a modification of the queen post truss design, the bridge's trusses have two vertical posts (with iron rods) separated by a horizontal crosspiece. The bridge was featured in the 1951 movie, I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, starring Susan Hayward.
Erected by The Georgia Historical Society, Georgia Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration
Tips for Finding This Marker: On GA 255, east of Sky Lake Road in Suches.
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