On February 16, 2000, Southeastern Archeological Services (SAS) conducted an intensive archeological survey for the proposed replacement of the S.R. 155 bridge over Cabin Creek, in northeastern Spalding County, Georgia. The work was conducted for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), through the engineering firm of Parsons Brinckerhoff. The bridge will be replaced in place, with a temporary bridge constructed parallel to the existing bridge. The survey included the area 30 m (100 ft) either side of the existing bridge and rights-of-way for 305 m (1000 ft) on both approaches to the bridge. Although precise designs for the new bridge have yet to be formulated, the area of potential effect will be smaller than the survey area. The survey located one archeological site (9SP53), consisting of a historic period cemetery, and one artifact occurrence. The cemetery, which dates to the middle nineteenth through early twentieth centuries, is poorly preserved and not particularly representative of any particular period or type. The site is recommended ineligible to the National Register of Historic Places because it fails to meet the minimum requirements set forth under criterion "d. " However, the cemetery qualifies for protection under the state cemetery and burial protection laws (Code Section 36-72).
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