Horton Mill Covered Bridge

Posted by Jennifer Frazier on November 8, 2015

HORTON MILL COVERED BRIDGE

Where: Oneonta in Blount County

When Built: 1934

GPS Coordinates: 34°00′27.52″ N, 86°26′55.05″W

At 70 feet above the water, this bridge is the highest covered bridge over any U.S. waterway. One of Blount County’s three covered bridges restored and re-opened to traffic this year, this 220-foot-long bridge was originally suspended over the Calvert Prong in the Warrior River.

See all 14 of the covered bridges we photographed in Alabama at this link.

Horton's Mill Bridge

Horton Mill Bridge Oneonta Alabama

Horton Mill Covered Bridge Oneonta Alabama

All photography by Gary Clark, a former Southern Living Magazine travel photographer and photographer of the United States Postal Service 2014 Star-Spangled Banner Forever stamp. See more of Gary's work and contact him at www.thegaryclark.com.

Jennifer Frazier

After 10 years as a travel writer for Southern Living Magazine, Jen Frazier traded in the corporate world to stay home with her two children, three dogs and three hermit crabs.

Now she juggles carpool and laundry with writing for the Great American Country website, AAA Texas Journey Magazine and Texas Monthly Magazine, as well as blogging for thejensource.blogspot.com While she lives in the big metropolis of Dallas, she longs for weekends in the country. To learn more about this award-winning writer (recipient of the Barbara Jordan Award and the Luce Award), visit her website at jennifermfrazier.com