COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Red Bull delivery truck could have used wings Wednesday afternoon to navigate Cobb County’s notorious covered bridge.
Instead, the truck hit a beam at the base of the bridge and became wedged under the roof of the historic Concord Bridge.
The accident shut the road down for hours. It has since reopened.
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The Concord bridge is notorious for being crashed into by vehicles that can’t clear the tight, 7-foot space.
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In 2019, crews installed a system of hanging chains and ribbons to try to mitigate the problem.
Cobb County officials said at the time, trucks were hitting the bridge at least once a month.
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This is the first report Channel 2 Action News has gotten of a vehicle hitting the infamous bridge since February 2020, just before the pandemic began.
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