Moores Mill Road bridge remains closed Wednesday afternoon

With a major road closure now in northwest Atlanta, parts of a bridge supporting structure have collapsed. It happened when a car hit part of that bridge on Moores Mill Road. Here's Fox 5's Caitlin Pratt with more on the closure. Quite a traffic pattern change in the last 24 hours here in Ridgeview Heights. Yes, after a truck plowed into a portion of the bridge, making it impassable. Let's take a look at the response from construction crews, city officials, as they inspected that bridge. This has been around for about 100 years' time now. This is on Moores Mill Road, right over Peachtree Creek. Yeah, water line was damaged. Part of the structure collapsed into the water below. At this point, crews are still assessing the damage. No word right now on when the bridge will actually reopen. Drivers are being detoured along Ridgewood Road and West Wesley Road, another alternate to Forest Ferry Road, too, being recommended to avoid the closures. And this is a cause for concern for local neighborhood leaders who say the residential traffic, people on foot, are being put in danger. Definitely a major road. The Moores Mill Road Bridge over Peachtree Creek, now off limits. Atlanta city officials say a heavy vehicle struck the expanse causing a portion to collapse. Our property lines up to the bridge here. Looks like the collapse happened on the other side. George Zena lives along this stretch in northwest Atlanta. It's definitely one of the major roads in Atlanta. I see a lot of traffic on here every day. It definitely gets backed up around school time in the morning. Sky Fox 5 showing where the impact happened. The bridge estimated to be 100 years old. You can definitely tell this bridge is older than some others. Its closure will be a factor not just for neighbors but commuters too. Drivers are now being detoured along Ridgewood Road and West Wesley Road. Crews are still assessing the damage and deciding on a plan for repairs or replacement. I have a newborn at the house so all the beeping and construction that's to come is not going to be super fun. Hopefully it's a quick fix and we move on. A Replacement sounds like over a year. It's great to see this progress, but it needs to be something that happens in a way that's coordinated and that includes communication with the community. And we're reaching out to city officials to try to get a better handle on a timetable of when this road, this busy stretch of road, will be back open. That's the latest here in northwest Atlanta. I'm Caitlin Pratt, Fox 5 News. Caitlin, thank you for that update.