Horton Mill Covered Bridge
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Horton Mill Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Blount County, Alabama, noted for its considerable height above the water and status as one of the tallest covered bridges in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horton Mill Covered Bridge canonical | 1 |
| Horton’s Mill Covered Bridge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1175830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horton Mill Covered Bridge Context triple: [Blount County, Alabama, hasLandmark, Horton Mill Covered Bridge]
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A.
Swann Covered Bridge
Swann Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Blount County, Alabama, noted as one of the longest and best-preserved examples of its kind in the state.
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B.
Hathaway Bridge
Hathaway Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Bay County, Florida, carrying traffic across St. Andrew Bay as part of a key Gulf Coast transportation route.
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C.
Benson Bridge
Benson Bridge is a historic pedestrian footbridge that spans the lower falls at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls, offering visitors a close-up view of the cascading water.
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D.
Wells Street Bridge
Wells Street Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago that carries both road traffic and elevated trains across the Chicago River.
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E.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horton Mill Covered Bridge Target entity description: Horton Mill Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Blount County, Alabama, noted for its considerable height above the water and status as one of the tallest covered bridges in the United States.
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A.
Swann Covered Bridge
Swann Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Blount County, Alabama, noted as one of the longest and best-preserved examples of its kind in the state.
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B.
Hathaway Bridge
Hathaway Bridge is a major vehicular bridge in Bay County, Florida, carrying traffic across St. Andrew Bay as part of a key Gulf Coast transportation route.
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C.
Benson Bridge
Benson Bridge is a historic pedestrian footbridge that spans the lower falls at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls, offering visitors a close-up view of the cascading water.
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D.
Wells Street Bridge
Wells Street Bridge is a historic double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge in downtown Chicago that carries both road traffic and elevated trains across the Chicago River.
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E.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge
The Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge is a historic, early 20th-century vertical-lift railroad bridge in downtown Chicago, notable as one of the city’s iconic industrial-era river crossings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
covered bridge
ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| addedToNRHP | 1970 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Horton Mill Covered Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Horton’s Mill Covered Bridge
|
| builder | F. W. Horton ⓘ |
| carries |
County Road 52
ⓘ
single-lane road ⓘ |
| closedToTraffic | 2007 ⓘ |
| countyRank | one of three historic covered bridges in Blount County ⓘ |
| crosses |
Black Warrior River
ⓘ
Calvert Prong of the Black Warrior River ⓘ |
| design | Town lattice truss ⓘ |
| function | road bridge ⓘ |
| hasApproachRoad | gravel and paved access roads ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
metal roof
ⓘ
vertical board siding ⓘ wooden lattice truss sides ⓘ |
| hasGuardrails | wooden guardrails ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpans | 1 ⓘ |
| heightAboveWater |
about 70 feet
ⓘ
approximately 21 meters ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic landmark of Blount County ⓘ |
| length |
220 feet
ⓘ
approximately 67 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Blount County, Alabama ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy | Blount County ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Horton family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
considerable height above the water
ⓘ
historic wooden construction ⓘ scenic rural setting ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 76000332 ⓘ |
| opened | 1934 ⓘ |
| region | northern Alabama ⓘ |
| reopenedToTraffic | 2013 ⓘ |
| status | one of the tallest covered bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | wooded terrain ⓘ |
| tourism | popular photography site ⓘ |
| trafficRestriction | weight limit for vehicles ⓘ |
| underwentRestoration | 2012 ⓘ |
| usage |
pedestrian traffic
ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Horton Mill Covered Bridge Description of subject: Horton Mill Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge in Blount County, Alabama, noted for its considerable height above the water and status as one of the tallest covered bridges in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Horton’s Mill Covered Bridge