Mastin Lake Road USPS Facility Puts up a Tent for Undelivered Packages Piling up in Huntsville, AL

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has officially erected a tent to protect the undelivered pile of packages outside the Mastin Lake Road facility in Huntsville, AL.

USPS; credit: Jason Hawk 🇨🇦 on Unsplash

Last week, FOX54 reporters found an outdoor "pile" of undelivered packages, and on Monday, 13 July 2026, they found a white tent now covering the undelivered packages. FOX54 posted the images (seen below) of the same area. The news station reached out to the USPS after finding pallets "piled high" outside the Mastin Lake Road facility, and also in Harvest, AL. Another similar situation has also been found in Limestone County at the USPS facility on Market Street.

A worker at the Mastin Lake Road location told FOX54 that it started to back up mid-week due to a surge in Amazon orders.

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YouTube Video: 'Package-protecting tent erected at Huntsville USPS location days after security promise'

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Not the First USPS Package Tent in Alabama

WHNT News 19 reported that USPS installed a package tent in December 2024 to deal with an abundance of undelivered packages. 

3 More Businesses Permanently Close at Bridge Street Town Centre in Huntsville, AL in January 2025

Three more businesses are permanently closing their doors for good at the Bridge Street Town Centre outdoor shopping mall in Huntsville, AL. Read the details on the business closings.

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First, Pieology Pizza left around November 2024. 

An employee from Bridge Street Town Centre posted the following on Reddit.com/r/HuntsvilleAlabama:

"I work at Bridge Street and I was there the day before they closed. The guy working there said they were bought by a different company and the new owners wanted to keep the stores mostly in Florida. Not sure how true that is but just what the guy said." 

(Source: Birdman_v5) 

Then PBR Lockhart Smokehouse permanently closed its doors at Bridge Street at the end of 2024.

FOX54 reported that the cowboy-themed restaurant closed after a 'Countdown to 2025' celebration. The restaurant was a unique joint venture partnership between PBR Cowboy Bar and Lockhart Smokehouse and opened in October 2022. They described themselves as "an electric combination of PBR Cowboy Bar's 'cowboy cool' with Lockhart's iconic Texas barbeque."

(Source: FOX54's RocketCityNow.com)

3 Stores Closing in Bridge Street Town Centre in January 2025

FOX54 reported on 2 January 2025 that Chico's, Soma, and White House Black Market will all close their Bridge Street Town Centre Huntsville, AL stores permanently on 26 January 2025.

All of these stores are owned by Chico's FAS/Sycamore Partners, which is based out of Florida.

FOX54 reported that this news was shocking to employees, who reportedly learned of the store closures "just days after Christmas."

One employee said, "Our general manager was informed by our District Manager," which came after management told employees that "their locations would not be affected."

An employee told FOX54, "We have ladies who have been here eight years, 11 years, and then my management, my manager now has been here eight years. And there's no plan B for some people."

It was clear that employees "were kept in the dark about the store closings" until after the holiday shopping season.

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