Not a large snake and common around here. A good one to keep a natural balance of insects and mice. They do get fairly long though. This one may have been close to three feet.

He had completely covered the width of an old wooden foot bridge needed to get across a back swamp. Once I started to take a few images he moved down the bank into the swamp. The bridge was free again.

View large to see him testing the air.

NOTE; William Wise, an expert Georgia critter person has updated the snake ID, please see his comments below. 😁.