GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — Part of a downtown Guntersville building collapsed early Friday morning, prompting the closure of a stretch of southbound US 431.
Police said the affected area includes the Tennessee River Veterans Memorial Bridge. Traffic was being diverted onto Lurleen B. Wallace Drive, then to Sunset Drive and Ala. Hwy. 69 (Henry Street) while crews tended to the scene.
The facade of the building was strewn across the 400 block of Gunter Ave. No one was hurt and it was not immediately clear what caused the collapse.
The nearby courthouse is opening on a 2-hour delay because of the incident.
The building -- at 412 Gunter Road -- is set along a stretch of closely packed structures. The Urban Tribe Surf and Social shop and Old Town Stock House restaurant are immediately to one side of the building, sharing space in the two-story structure.
