Swann Covered Bridge | Rethink Rural Blog

SWANN COVERED BRIDGE

Where: Cleveland in Blount County, Alabama

When Built: 1933

GPS Coordinates: 33°59′51.35″ N, 86°36′5.13″W

This bridge is unlike many others thanks to its length (the longest bridge in the state), which is longer than a football field. Spanning 324-feet, the Swann Bridge, which crosses the Black Warrior River, is one of Blount County’s three covered bridges that was restored and reopened in 2012.

See all 14 of the covered bridges we photographed in Alabama at this link.

All photography by Gary Clark, a former Southern Living Magazine travel photographer and photographer of the United States Postal Service 2014 Star-Spangled Banner Forever stamp. See more of Gary's work and contact him at www.thegaryclark.com.