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Inventory Number: AL/01-05-07 County: Blount County Township: Horton Town/Village: Bridge Name: Horton Mill Crosses: Calvert Prong Little Warrior River Truss type: Town Spans: 2 Length: 203', 220' roof Roadway Width: 9.6' Built: 1935 Builder: Zelma C. & Forrest Tidwell When Lost: standing Cause: Latitude: N34 00.462 Longitude: W086 26.917 See a map of the area Topographic map of the area Directions: 5.0 miles north of jct US231/AL53 (6th St. S) on AL75, then just left 140' on Covered Bridge Circle. North of Oneonta.	Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 James Adorno picture, October 12, 2007 Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 Jim Smedley Photo, March 2013 Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 Bill Caswell Photo, July 14, 2009 Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 Jim Smedley Photo, March 2013 Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 Fred Wunsch Photo, 1956 Hortons Mill Bridge, Horton, Blount County, AL Built 1934 Todd Clark Collection
Comments: Closed to vehicular traffic. Two covered spans, 99' and 100'. One uncovered 15' 4" span. The 1936 Alabama DOT covered bridge inventory lists the length as 214' 4". The original Horton Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1894 at the foot of Sand Mountain, about ¾ mile downstream from the current bridge. It was named for a local business owned by Thurman M. Horton, who helped construct the first bridge. This bridge provided residents of Sand Mountain with better access to nearby Oneonta as well as to Horton's mill and general store which were located along the east side of the Calvert Prong. Construction of the current Horton Mill Covered Bridge began in 1934 over a deep gorge cut by the river, led by Talmedge Horton, a descendent of Thurman Horton. It took a 15-man crew 1½ years to complete the project. This crew included Zelmer C. Tidwell and his uncle, Forrest Tidwell, who helped in building three other prominent covered bridges in Blount County (Easley, Nectar, Swann). The bridge was fully restored in 1974 by the Alabama Historical Commission and the Blount County Commission. The Horton Mill Covered Bridge was reported closed to motor vehicle traffic on September 27, 2007 due to unsafe conditions. It was reopened on March 11, 2013. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 1970, the first covered bridge in the southeastern United States to be added. At 70 feet, it is the highest covered bridge above any U.S. waterway.
Source: National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 1

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