Covered Bridge Three

Swann Bridge

The third bridge and last of the day, was the Swann Bridge.  The road was closed going to it but Fred parked the car at the closure and we walked down to the bridge.  This bridge was originally constructed in 1933.  It is 324 feet long and is loacted one mile west of Cleveland off Highway 79.  It is one of the two remaining covered bridges spanning the Locut Fork of the Black Warrior River.  We met up with some other people and they said there was a big waterfall down the fork and we started out walking to it but gave up since it was going to be another mile at least to hike and Chuck and I had on the wrong shoes for hiking.  We didn't know we were going to be walking in the woods, sandy, rocky shores and water when we set out in the morning to find the bridges.