Directory of Haunted Southern Roads and Bridges

Along Southern roadways and bridges, people sometimes experience strange activity. From lonely “Cry Baby Bridges” to apparitions, phantom coaches, and strange sounds and feelings, this directory covers hauntings throughout the South. This directory covers roads, streets, bridges, trails, and sites immediately adjacent to byways.

Alabama

AL 169, Connecting US 80 to Opelika, Lee and Russell Counties
AL 5, near Lynn
Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge, Campus of the University of West Alabama, Livingston
Barganier Road, Montgomery and Macon Counties
Bear Creek Swamp, Autauga County Road 3, Prattsville
Boiling Springs Road Bridge, Boiling Springs Road over Choccolocco Creek, Oxford
Brown Street, Alatoona
Chelsea Road Hitchhiker, Shelby County Road 47 near the intersection with CR 49, Columbiana
Choctawatchee River Bridge Hole, “Bill Sketoe’s Hole,” AL 123 at the Choctawatchee River, Newton
Clinton and Washington Streets, Athens
Cross Garden, Autauga County Road 86, Prattville
Cry Baby Hollow, Kayo Road, Hartselle
Franklin Ferry Bridge, Adger
Henry Hill, Lawrence County Road 25, Mount Hope
I-65 Corridor, between Evergreen and Greenville
Jackson Road Bridge, near Forks of Cypress, Florence
Lady in White Legend, Streets of Downtown Montgomery
Legend of Huggin’ Molly, An Apparition on the Streets of Abbeville
Main Street, Albertville
Mary Daniel Road, Highland Home
Oakachoy Covered Bridge site, Covered Bridge Road, Equality
Patsburg Bridge, AL 59 over Patsaliga Creek, Patsburg
Pumpkin Swamp Road, Shelby County Road 32, Chelsea
Refuge Bridge, Chilton County Road 32 over Walnut Street, Clanton
Richard Martin Trail, Trailhead on Piney Chapel Road, Athens
Robinson Road, Elkmont
Route of the “Floating Islands,” From 655 St. Emanuel Street to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 2 S. Claiborne Street, to the Mobile Docks, Mobile
Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge, Opelika Municipal Park, Opelika
Timmons Cemetery, Buxton Road, Redstone Arsenal
William Gibson Gravesite, US 11 between Shelley Drive and Pinedale Road, Springville

District of Columbia

Independence Avenue, Near FAA Headquarters
New York Avenue, Northwest

FAA Headquarters on Independence Avenue, 2009. Photo by
Matthew Bisanz, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Florida

Melrose Landing Boulevard, Hawthorne
Romana Street, Pensacola
US 1, Through the Florida Keys

Georgia

Bemiss Road (GA 125), Valdosta
Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge, Early County Road 80 over Coheelee Creek
Haunted Pillar, Intersection of Broad and 5^th Streets, Augusta
Louisville Market House, West Broad Street at Mulberry Street, Louisville
McDonough Square, McDonough

The Haunted Pillar with the Haunted Pillar Tattoo
Shop behind it. Photo 2014, by Lewis Powell IV,
all rights reserved.

Kentucky

Baker Road, Fort Knox
Crawford Mountain Road, Hazard
Cutshin Road (KY 699), Leslie County
Four Mile Road (Little Egypt Legend), Richmond
Nada Tunnel, Nada Tunnel Road (KY 77), Stanton
Narrows Road, Erlanger
Old Richardsville Road Bridge, Bowling Green
Pope Lick Trestle, Over Pope Lick Road, Jeffersonville
Quicksand Road, Jackson
Sleepy Hollow Road, Prospect

Louisiana

Albany Lights, Elbert Stewart Road, Albany
Conti Street, 700-Block, New Orleans
Green Light Bridge, Green Light Road over Turkey Creek, Winnsboro
Juju Road, Off Swan Lake Road, Bossier City

Maryland

Church Road Cemetery, Church Road, Broomes Island
Jericho Covered Bridge, Jericho Road, Jerusalem
Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda
Peddler’s Run, Running parallel to Glen Cove Road and MD 440
Pig Woman Legend, Cecil County
West Main Street, Sharpsburg

Jericho Covered Bridge, 2009, by Pubdog. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Mississippi

MS 33 Bridge over the Homochitto River, Rosetta

North Carolina

Devil’s Stairs, NC 194, Oak Grove
Fisher Street, Salisbury
Helen’s Bridge, Over College Street between Windswept Drive and Beaucatcher Road, Asheville
Nikwasi Mound, Nikwasi Lane, Franklin
Payne and Edwards Roads, Rural Hall
South Queen Street Bridge, South Queen Street over the Neuse River, Kinston
Thomas Divide Lights, Thomas Divide Overlook, Mile Marker 464, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee