The SwingingBridge over the ToccoaRiver is located on the Benton MacKaye
Trail and the Duncan Ridge National Recreation Trail in FanninCounty, Georgia.
This 270 foot long bridge is the longest swinging bridge east of the Mississippi River. It was built by the USDA Forest
Service in cooperation with the Appalachian Trail Club in 1977.
On both north
and south side approaches to the bridge, the white diamond blazes of the Benton
MacKaye Trail and the blue vertical rectangular blazes of the Duncan Ridge
Trail are present.