The Kesler Covered Bridge, near Homer, Georgia, was built in 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
It is located north of Homer on County Line Rd. over the Middle Fork of the Broad River.
It is a single-span long truss bridge. With
It is unusual for having a Kingpost truss on one side and a Queenpost truss on the other.
It was a work of construction foreman Robert Verner and workers Eugene Vaughn, J. A. Kesler, Grady Crump and Daye Crump. It is named for the Kesler family.
The bridge is completely gone. Covered bridge historians and the Georgia Department of Transportation document that it was lost during the winter of 1978–1981, succumbing to collapse from severe weather and deterioration.
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