Alamuchee Covered Bridge

The Alamuchee Covered Bridge is one of the oldest covered bridges in the South, completed in 1861. Located on the campus of the University of West Alabama in Livingston, it was moved there from its original site across Sucarnoochee River. The bridge was designed and built by Capt. William Alexander Campbell Jones of the Confederate Army.

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Alamuchee Covered Bridge

Swann Covered Bridge

Swann Covered Bridge spans the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River in Cleveland, central Blount County. The structure stretches 324 feet, and is one of three remaining covered bridges in the county, along with Horton Mill Covered Bridge in Oneonta and Easley Covered Bridge in Rosa.

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Swann Covered Bridge

Coldwater Covered Bridge

The Coldwater Covered Bridge, in Oxford, Calhoun County, was built around 1850 and spans 63 feet. Located in Oxford Lake Park, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is the oldest existing covered bridge in Alabama.

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Coldwater Covered Bridge

Horton Mill Covered Bridge

The Horton Mill Covered Bridge, located north of Oneonta in east-central Blount County, spans a deep gorge above the Black Warrior River. It is one of the highest-standing covered bridges in the United States.

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Horton Mill Covered Bridge

Waldo Covered Bridge

The Waldo Covered Bridge, shown in this 2004 photograph, is 115 feet long and is located in the community of Waldo, Talladega County; it was built in 1858. It is the second-oldest covered bridge in Alabama and was constructed to allow commercial and private traffic across Talladega Creek. It was also known as the Riddle Mill Covered Bridge for the access it provided to the mill on the east side of the span. The mill building was later used as the Waldo Town Hall.

Photo courtesy of Jayson Hill
Waldo Covered Bridge

Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge

The Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge spans the West Fork of the Little River in DeKalb County. The bridge is 90 feet long and was originally constructed by the U.S. Army around 1863 during the Civil War in either Talladega County or Calhoun County and was moved to its current location around 1972. Resort owner Jack E. Jones rebuilt the covered bridge on top of an existing steel bridge as an attraction on his property near Mentone on Lookout Mountain.

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Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge

Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge

The Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge is located at Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden, Etowah County. It was originally built in 1899 over Little Wills Creek on the Gilliland family plantation near Reece City and moved to the park in 1967, when the spelling of “Reece” was altered and added to the name.

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Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge

Horace King Memorial Covered Bridge

This bridge spanning Moore's Creek in Valley, Chambers County, is a replica of a much larger bridge that spanned the Chattahoochee River designed by noted engineer and architect Horace King.

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Horace King Memorial Covered Bridge

Easley Covered Bridge

The Easley Covered Bridge, located just south of Rosa, in central Blount County, spans the Dub Branch of the Little Warrior River. It is the smallest remaining covered bridge in Blount County.

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Easley Covered Bridge