Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Swann Covered Bridge

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Overview

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Oblique View

Note the lattice type trusses.

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North Face of Bridge

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North Face of Bridge

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Underneath Bridge (East Side)

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South Face of Bridge

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Closeup of Main Span

Note the beautiful lattice work design.

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Deck View

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Bridge from a Distance (North Side)

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Map

Vicinity map

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Facts

Overview: Covered bridge over Locust Fork River on Swann Bridge Road
Location: Blount County, Alabama
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1933
Design: Covered Lattice through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 330.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1981
Also called: Joy Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +33.99750, -86.60150 (decimal degrees)
33°59'51" N, 86°36'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: NRHP 81000123 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
WGCB 01-05-05 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 10079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 265

Update Log

January 31, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

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