Covered Bridge reopened after protective beam hit for second time in three weeks
Feb. 8—The 150-year-old covered bridge on Concord Road in Smyrna is reopened after once again being hit by a vehicle and closing for repairs for the second time in three weeks.
Though the bridge itself was spared damage, Cobb County said in an alert, its protective beam was hit by a rental truck and required repairing.
"The driver will face a citation and the insurance will be billed for any costs," the county said. "Almost all of the incidents at the bridge in recent years have involved rental vans whose drivers aren't familiar with the area and ignore the multiple warning signs."
The historic covered bridge has been the site of crashes and closures that have grown too numerous to count, the most recent occurring on Jan. 20.
The bridge's low clearance, indicated by abundant signage around the bridge, is the cause of most of the wrecks.
The bridge was built in 1872 and is the county's only remaining covered bridge still in use. In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
