Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge

Originally designed and constructed in 1861 by Confederate Army Captain William Alexander Campbell Jones to span the Sucarnoochee River on the main state road between Livingston and York (now U.S. Route 11). It was built using hand-hewn yellow pine timbers joined with large wooden pegs. During the American Civil War, the bridge was utilized by Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest as an access route into Mississippi. In 1924, a concrete bridge replaced it, and the covered bridge was moved 5 miles south to the old Bellamy-Livingston Road (now Bennett 13 Road, CR 13) over Alamuchee Creek. It was moved again in 1971 5 to the campus of the University of West Alabama in Livingston, where it now spans the northeast corner of Duck Pond behind Reed Hall. The bridge features a Town's lattice truss design and is 88 feet long. It is maintained by the Sumter County Historical Society and is currently eligible for addition to the National Register of Historic Places. The structure has been made wheelchair accessible and includes lights for nighttime illumination.