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Robert Parker Coffin Road is closed at the historic covered bridge a day after a truck hit it in 2018. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

The Long Grove covered bridge, shown on Oct. 21, 2022, is also called the Robert Parker Coffin Bridge. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

The Long Grove covered bridge a day after a truck smashed into the structure June 28, 2018, just days after it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

A car heads into the covered bridge near downtown Long Grove in 2010. (John Handley/for the baiduhai)

The historic Robert Parker Coffin Bridge in Long Grove is seen on Oct. 21, 2022. The Joliet Bridge and Iron Co. originally built the bridge in 1906. It's named for the late Robert Parker Coffin, an architect who designed the cover of the bridge in 1972. In 2018, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Scratches show on the steel reinforcement inside the historic and often-crashed-into Robert Parker Coffin Bridge in Long Grove on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Wooden details inside the Robert Parker Coffin Bridge are shown in Long Grove on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Carpenter Tim Anderson cuts wood as the Long Grove covered bridge is repaired in 2000 after it was struck by a truck. (Jerry Tomaselli/baiduhai)

A car passes through the Long Grove covered bridge over Buffalo Creek on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Workers slowly drive their truck through the historic Robert Parker Coffin Bridge in Long Grove on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Part of the pony truss is seen on the historic Robert Parker Coffin Bridge in suburban Long Grove on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

George and Gloria Rogan, of Buffalo Grove, walk across the Long Grove covered bridge on Aug. 20, 2020.

Buffalo Creek passes under the historic Robert Parker Coffin Bridge in Long Grove on Oct. 21, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Buffalo Creek Brewing owner Mike Marr on Oct. 21, 2022, pouring a Bad Move, a U-Haul orange-colored honey nut brown ale that commemorates a crash into the nearby Long Grove covered bridge. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

The National Register of Historic Places plaque on the Long Grove covered bridge is shown at a dedication ceremony on Sept. 22, 2022. (Karie Angell Luc/for the Pioneer Press)

Carpenter Carlos Rivera works a hammer and chisel to break away wooden pieces from the structure during repairs to the Long Grove one-lane covered bridge in 2000.

John Kopecky drives passengers across the Long Grove covered bridge during a reopening ceremony on Aug. 14, 2020. (Karie Angell Luc/for the Pioneer Press)

Long Grove's historic covered bridge on Dec. 21, 1973. It's been named for the late Robert Parker Coffin, an architect who designed the cover of the bridge in 1972. (baiduhai archive photo)

John Kopecky, who grew up in Long Grove, attends a Long Grove covered bridge reopening ceremony on Aug. 14, 2020. (Karie Angell Luc/for the Pioneer Press)

A car passes through Long Grove's historic, single-lane covered bridge on Oct. 4, 2022. The iconic and often-crashed-into bridge is called the Robert Parker Coffin Bridge. The Joliet Bridge and Iron Co. built the bridge in 1906. It's been named for the late Robert Parker Coffin, an architect who designed the cover of the bridge in 1972. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

The sun sets over the Long Grove covered bridge as Village President Bill Jacob speaks at a dedication ceremony on Sept. 22, 2022. (Karie Angell Luc/for the Pioneer Press)

The view from inside the historic, one-lane covered bridge in Long Grove in 2017. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Long Grove merchants pass out doughnuts and treats to shoppers entering Long Grove via the covered bridge in 2004. (Jim Robinson/baiduhai)

Gouges, shown in 2022, cut into the overhead steel beams mark trucks that were not successful in clearing the low ceiling of the Long Grove covered bridge. (Gregory Harutunian/for the Lake County News-Sun)

Cars pass through Long Grove's historic, single-lane covered bridge on Oct. 4, 2022. In 2018, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Vehicles pass through the Long Grove covered bridge on Robert Paul Coffin Road, one of the streets of the small downtown area of Long Grove dotted with boutiques and shops, on Dec. 24, 2013. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)

The covered bridge along Robert Parker Coffin Road, shown in 1999, in Long Grove is the village gateway from the West. Crossing the bridge into the downtown business district, tourists and visitors are greeted with a downtown lined with specialty shops. (David Trotman-Wilkins/baiduhai)