Horton Mill Covered Bridge

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.

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.