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Commission gives go ahead on Black’s Mill bridge replacement

Staff to work with GDOT on solution

Kurt Krattinger holds up a painting that used to hang in Black’s Mill Elementary of Mr. and Mrs. Black on a carriage on the bridge in front of the mill on Black’s MIll Road. The current bridge, shut down by GDOT last month, used to be a covered bridge before it was taken down in 1953 and a steel-beamed bridge was put in. - photo by Allie Dean

Black's Mill bridge — Kurt Krattinger holds up a painting that used to hang in Black’s Mill Elementary of Mr. and Mrs. Black on a carriage on the bridge in front of the mill on Black’s MIll Road. The current bridge, shut down by GDOT last month, used to be a covered bridge before it was taken down in 1953 and a steel-beamed bridge was put in. - photo by Allie Dean

County staff was given permission at last week’s voting session to work with the Georgia Department of Transportation on installing a new one-lane bridge on Black’s Mill Road after the current bridge was closed by GDOT last month.