The Bellamy Bridge

Florida's Most Haunted Bridge. The story of the ghost of Bellamy Bridge is probably Florida's most famous ghost story. It is centered around an old steel frame bridge that spans the Chipola River in the swamps north of Marianna. The legend holds that the restless ghost of a young woman named Elizabeth Jane Bellamy roams the swamps around the bridge on dark and foggy nights. The wife of one of Florida's key antebellum economic and political leaders, she is buried in an overgrown family cemetery not far from the skeletal remains of the old bridge. Bellamy Bridge is not accessible by car, but can be reached via the 1/2 mile Bellamy Bridge Heritage Trail on Highway 162 north of Marianna.