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Horton Mill Bridge
Street address:
Located just off AL Hwy. 75, 5 mi. north of Oneonta
Oneonta, AL 35121
Phone:
205-274-2153
Fax:
205-274-2099
Schedule:
Open 24 hours.
Mailing:
P.O. Box 1487
Oneonta, AL 35121
Admission:
Free
Located just off AL Hwy. 75 in Blount County. Free admission. Built in 1935, this is one of the highest covered bridges in the nation, standing at 70 feet above the Black Warrior River. Length 220 feet. It is also one of three which still exist in Blount County, Alabama's Covered Bridge Capital and home of the Covered Bridge Festival each fall.
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