The recent travails of Long Grove’s iconic covered bridge — now struck by vehicles 35 times since reopening in August 2020 — has created something of a sore spot for the village. But the real story, the one village officials would prefer captures headlines, is that the bridge is doing what it was designed to do — surviving the blows relatively unscathed.
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