LIST OF ALABAMA COVERED BRIDGES

Below is a present 'list of Alabama covered bridges'. There are currently eleven historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Name	County	Location	Notes
Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge	Sumter	Livingston	Built in 1861. Moved to the University of West Alabama campus in 1971.
Clarkson-Legg Covered Bridge	Cullman	Bethel	Originally built in 1904. Currently the second longest covered bridge in Alabama.
Coldwater Covered Bridge	Calhoun	Oxford	Built in 1850. Moved to Oxford Lake Park in 1990. Currently the oldest covered bridge in Alabama.
Easley Covered Bridge	Blount	Rosa	Built in 1927. Oldest of three covered bridges remaining in Blount County.
Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge	Etowah	Gadsden	Built in 1899. Moved to Noccalula Falls Park in 1967.
Horton Mill Covered Bridge	Blount	Oneonta	Built in 1934. Highest covered bridge above any United States waterway.
Kymulga Covered Bridge	Talladega	Childersburg	Built in 1861. Located in Kymulga Park. Both the bridge and gristmill were restored in 1974.
Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge	DeKalb	Mentone	Built in Talladega County, circa 1863. Moved to its current location in 1972 (private). Rebuilt in 1980.
Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge	Lee	Opelika	Originally built in 1900. Destroyed on June 4, 2005 by a fallen tree. Rebuilt at Opelika Municipal Park.
Swann Covered Bridge	Blount	Cleveland	Built in 1933. Currently the longest covered bridge in Alabama.
Waldo Covered Bridge	Talladega	Waldo	Built in 1858. Located behind the old Riddle Mill, now a restaurant (private).

Below is a list of some of the other historic covered bridges in Alabama which were eventually destroyed.

Name	County	Location	Notes
Big Bear Creek Covered Bridge	Colbert	Allsboro	Bridge built in the mid-19th Century. No longer extant.
Buzzard Roost Covered Bridge	Colbert	Cherokee	Built circa 1820. One of the first covered bridges in Alabama. Burned down in 1972.
Cane Creek Covered Bridge	Calhoun	Ohatchee	Bridge no longer extant.
Chosea Springs Covered Bridge	Calhoun	Choccolocco	Bridge no longer extant.
Cripple Deer Creek Covered Bridge	Colbert	Allsboro	Built in 1859. No longer extant.
Duck Springs Covered Bridge	Etowah	Duck Springs	Bridge no longer extant.
Lidy Walker Covered Bridge	Cullman	Cullman	Built in Blount County, 1926. Moved to Lidy S Lake in 1958 (private). Collapsed in August 2001.
Meadows Mill Covered Bridge	Lee	Beulah	Built in 1902. Located next to Meadows Mill, a historic gristmill. Burned down in 1973.
Nectar Covered Bridge	Blount	Nectar	Built in 1932. Burned down on June 13, 1993. Once the seventh longest covered bridge in the world.
Okachoy Covered Bridge	Coosa	Equality	Built in 1916. Burned down in July 2001.

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References

★ Dale J. Travis Covered Bridges. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2007.

★ Bridges to the Past: Alabama's Covered Bridges. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2007.

★ Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2007.

★ The Decatur Daily. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2007.

★ Auburn University: The Plainsman. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2007.

★ Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Reading Room. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 14, 2007.

★ TopoZone. AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 16, 2007.

★ Rootsweb (USGenWeb Archives Project - Alabama). AL Covered Bridges: Credits. Retrieved Aug. 25, 2007.

External links

★ Bridges to the Past: Alabama's Covered Bridges

★ Alabama Covered Bridges List (Dale J. Travis)