Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge

Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Etowah County, Alabama, described in its record as bridge in Gadsden, Alabama. Alabama has 18 covered bridges on record at Wayfarrow.

It was built in 1899, in the late 19th century, making it the 3rd oldest of the 9 in Alabama with a recorded construction date; it is about 85 feet long (8th longest of 9 measured in Alabama).

Status check, 2026-11: The bridge was built over Little Wills Creek and later moved to Noccalula Falls Park, where it was dismantled and reconstructed over a pond near the park's botanical gardens. Now supported by a simpler stringer truss frame, the bridge is open only to pedestrians. Because of that, it is currently classified as a non-authentic covered bridge. The 40 ft figure in some sources is the original span, not the total length. It stands at 34.0394° N, 86.0241° W.

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