A Day of Covered Bridges



Pretty Black-eye Susans by the bridge





There was actually running water going under the bridge



For the second day that Fred and Elaine were here, we decided to head over to Blount County to see if we could find some of the many covered bridges that are in Alabama.  The first one we found was Horton Mill Bridge. This bridge was constructed in 1935.  It's end abutment is constructed on ledge rock and the center piles are masonry and concrete.  It spans a gorge with vertical rock cliffs and is 220 feet long.  It's located five miles north of Oneonta.  It's the first covered bridge in the South to be added to the National Register.  Standing 70 feet above the Calvert Prong of the Warrior River, it is said to be the tallest covered bridge above water in the United States.