While allowing for pedestrian and bicycle transit over the Doe River, the Elizabethton Covered Bridge is now closed to all motor vehicle traffic.

Connecting 3rd Street to Hattie Avenue, the Elizabethton Covered Bridge, although now closed to motor vehicle traffic, is still open to both bicycles and pedestrians throughout the year.

However, the Elizabethton Covered Bridge is an important focal point and a well-known landmark in the state that pre-dates much of the downtown construction fueled by the rayon boom of the mid-to-late 1920s.

The Elizabethton Covered Bridge is also along the Elk Avenue route for the annual Independence Day and Christmas parades.

Interstate 26 Exit 24 at Johnson City then east US 321/Tennessee State Route 67 to Elizabethton, then straight on Elk Avenue to downtown business district.