Historic bridges of the Atlanta area

There were several historic bridges around the metro Atlanta, Georgia area, for which many of its current-day roads are named.

Abbotts Bridge Road exists today, carrying State Route 120 over the Chattahoochee River not far from Northview High School.

Divers have reported it still intact under 120 feet or 36.5 meters of Lake Lanier, which filled the river a few years later.

Two of these early settlers were Napoleon and Jerome Cheshire, two brothers who owned farms on opposite sides of South Fork of Peachtree Creek.

The East-West Connector, completed in 1997, was designed to protect the area by not connecting to Concord Road, thereby reducing potential traffic counts on the bridge.

Haynes Bridge Road exists today, carrying drivers from Johns Creek to Downtown Alpharetta, past North Point Mall near Georgia 400.

Most articles report that half of the bridge was "stolen" sometime in the 1940s; however, aerial photography appear to show that the theft occurred between 1955-1960.

Medlock Bridge Road exists today, beginning at the edge of Historic Norcross and traveling through Peachtree Corners and Johns Creek.

This road is discontinuous, as for approximately 1.5 miles between the intersection with SR 141 and the Chattahoochee River it is known as Peachtree Parkway.

It was about 300 feet (91 m) downstream from the current bridge spanning the creek on Piedmont Road just south of Lindbergh Drive.

State Bridge was located between Johns Creek and Duluth, over the Chattahoochee River and the Fulton/Gwinnett (originally Milton/Gwinnett) county line.