Two of Blount County's three historic covered bridges are now closed to traffic. The closures follow graffiti and an incidents involving a box truck driver that ignored clearance warnings on one bridge. Pedestrians can still access the bridges.
There’s Horton Mill Bridge, over the Little Warrior River off Alabama 75, which was the first Southern covered bridge to be added to the register.
Swann Bridge, over Locust Fork off Alabama 79, the longest existing historic covered bridge in the state at 324 feet, was built around 1933. The county restored the bridges several years ago to support traffic, provided drivers abided by a three-ton weight limit.“While we did not want to make that decision, we did it for the longevity of the bridges,” Green said., the driver of a box truck in 2021 ignored the bridge’s warning signs dealing with clearance and drove through Swann Covered Bridge, damaging both sides. It was the third time in the span of a few months that a large vehicle had damaged the bridge.
“We know consistently the three-ton limit was exceeded by the public,” Green said. “That’s detrimental to the bridges. They weren’t built for the kind of vehicle traffic that they were beginning to have on them.”
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