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Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge

Covered bridge · Sumter County, Alabama

A photo of the Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge in Sumter County, Alabama. It was taken by M.L. Devall in October 2007 on the campus of the University of West A
A photo of the Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge in Sumter County, Alabama. It was taken by M.L. Devall in October 2007 on the campus of the University of West A · Mld74 at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Sumter County, Alabama, described in its record as bridge in Livingston, Alabama. Alabama has 18 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1861, in the Civil War era, making it the 2nd oldest of the 9 in Alabama with a recorded construction date; it crosses Sucarnoochee River; it is about 88 feet long (7th longest of 9 measured in Alabama).

Status check, 2026-11: This original 1861 Town lattice bridge first crossed the Sucarnoochee River. It was moved to Alamuchee Creek in 1924, then to the Duck Pond at the University of West Alabama in 1969 (some sources say 1971), and was restored in 2017. It stands at 32.5937° N, 88.1858° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1861
CrossesSucarnoochee River
Length88 ft
Coordinates32.59370, -88.18580

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.