Calhoun County AlArchives History .....Mellon Covered Bridge 
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Mellon Covered Bridge

Facts:
(1) Built over Choccolocco Creek on Mellon Apple Orchard Road, Calhoun County, 
Alabama.
(2) Mellon Bridge was 100 feet long and ten feet wide and high.  It was built 
around the turn of the century by Horace King, an ex-slave who had learned 
bridge building from his master, John Goodwin.
(3) The Alabama Historical Commission said of the bridge: "because of its 
architecture, Mellon Bridge is a valuable heritage structure and certainly 
should be preserved.
(4) Mellon Bridge, nestled in the beautiful wooded area east of Oxford, 
attracted the attention of local Jaycees who hoped to restore the covered 
bridge and build a park around it.
(5) Mellon Bridge burned on October 3, 1970.

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