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Alamuchee or Bellamy (relocation #2), Sumter County

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Inventory Number: al/01-60-01
County: Sumter County
Township: Livingston
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Alamuchee or Bellamy (relocation #2)
Crosses: small lake
Truss type: Town
Spans: 1+
Length: 82'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1892 (M1971)
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N32 35.626
Longitude: W088 11.151
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Directions: 1.7 miles southeast of I-20/I-59 exit 17 on AL28 (towards Livingston), then right 0.8 miles on US11/AL28, then right into the university 200' and left on Student Union Dr. 0.6 miles and the bridge is on the right.

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Comments:
The bridge was originally designed and constructed over the Sucarnoochee River by Confederate Army Captain William Alexander Campbell Jones on the main state road leading from Livingston to York, now U.S. Route 11 just south of Livingston. During the Civil War, the bridge was used as an access route to Mississippi by Confederate forces led by General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Per The Livingston Journal, September 26, 1890, "Capt. Derby began making repairs on the covered bridge below town, Wednesday. As soon as he completes that job he will begin rebuilding the Hoyt bridge." Per The Livingston Journal, July 15, 1892, "The covered bridge South of town fell in Sunday evening. This bridge was built by. Capt. W. A. C. Jones before the war, and has stood the floods since that time." The Livingston Journal of September 30, 1892 noted that, "The covered bridge South of town has been completed." While some sources note that the bridge was moved in 1924, there are 1923 newspaper articles noting the move. Per Our Southern Home (Livingston, Alabama), August 8, 1923, "The Hoit bridge over the Succarnochee River is being torn down and put up on another road. The covered bridge on the York road has been repaired." An article in The Birmingham News of December 12, 1923 about the collapse of another nearby covered bridge notes that this one had already been moved although its replacement concrete bridge had not yet been built. The bridge was moved 5 miles south to the old Bellamy-Livingston Road (now CR 13) over Alamuchee Creek. In 1958 it was once again replaced by a concrete bridge. During that time, a logging truck being used to haul timbers from the construction site accidentally crashed into the bottom of the covered bridge. As a result, the bridge was permanently closed and left unmaintained. In 1971, the Sumter County Historical Society fully restored the damaged bridge. It was moved from Alamuchee Creek back into Livingston and placed over Duck Pond at the University of West Alabama.

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Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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