Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
While exploring the backroads of Talbot County, Georgia, I came across something I almost never see anymore.
An old wooden-decked bridge, still in use, still carrying traffic, and still hanging on over a small creek in the woods. The driving surface has been repaired with newer lumber, but underneath it, the older wooden sub deck tells a different story. Much of it is badly rotted, sitting on top of the steel frame that keeps the bridge in service.
When I was younger, wooden-decked bridges like this were a common sight on rural roads and dirt roads across Georgia. Today, most of them are gone, replaced, closed, or forgotten. This is the only one I know of still being used in this area, and I wanted to stop and document it while it is still here.
This video is a little different from the abandoned places and cemeteries I usually explore, but it fits the same purpose. These small pieces of rural history disappear quietly. One day they are part of the landscape, and then one day they are simply gone.
Preservation through documentation. Sometimes that means an old graveyard in the woods, and sometimes it means an old wooden bridge still holding on over a creek in rural Georgia.
While exploring the backroads of Talbot County, Georgia, I came across something I almost never see anymore.
An old wooden-decked bridge, still in use, still carrying traffic, and still hanging on over a small creek in the woods. The driving surface has been repaired with newer lumber, but underneath it, the older wooden sub deck tells a different story. Much of it is badly rotted, sitting on top of the steel frame that keeps the bridge in service.
When I was younger, wooden-decked bridges like this were a common sight on rural roads and dirt roads across Georgia. Today, most of them are gone, replaced, closed, or forgotten. This is the only one I know of still being used in this area, and I wanted to stop and document it while it is still here.
This video is a little different from the abandoned places and cemeteries I usually explore, but it fits the same purpose. These small pieces of rural history disappear quietly. One day they are part of the landscape, and then one day they are simply gone.
Preservation through documentation. Sometimes that means an old graveyard in the woods, and sometimes it means an old wooden bridge still holding on over a creek in rural Georgia.
