U.S. 68 Kentucky Lake bridge collapses after hit by NASA boat

[Newsjock]

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/16612822/barge-strikes-eggners-ferry-bridge-causes-partial-collapse

MARSHALL, Ky. – Parts of the Eggners Ferry Bridge between Trigg & Marshall County, Kentucky have collapsed after being hit by a tow boat-barge.

The bridge carries U.S. 68 and Kentucky Route 80 across Kentucky Lake.

Keith Todd from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the 3-story high Motor Vessel Delta Mariner struck the main span of the bridge around 8:10 p.m. Thursday.

... Officials with Marshal County said the parts of the bridge collapsed into water. No vehicles fell into the water and no injuries were reported.

http://www.cadizrecord.com/view/full_story/17306243/article-BREAKING--Center-portion-of-Kentucky-Lake-bridge-collapses?instance=home_breaking_news
Trigg County Emergency Management Director Randy Wade described the Delta Mariner as a "gigantic NASA" vessel.

http://www.lex18.com/news/part-of-a-bridge-collapses-in-western-kentucky
Some of the lights were not working on the bridge. The Coast Guard notified barge companies of the lighting problem.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had planned to restrict traffic to one lane Friday to allow electrical work on the structure's navigation lights.

Built in 1932:

[niyad]

1. thank goodness nobody was injured

[Newsjock]

3. It was apparently very close

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Officials-Portion-of-SW-Ky-bridge-collapses-138175869.html

Robert Parker, 51, of Cadiz, Ky., said he and his wife were traveling northbound on the highway after leaving his stepson's house in Murray, Ky. They were driving in the rain along the darkened bridge about 8 p.m. when they suddenly noticed a missing 20-foot piece of the bridge, which at that section stands at least 20 feet above the water.

"All of a sudden I see the road's gone and I hit the brakes," he said. "It got close."

Parker said he stopped his pickup within five feet of the missing section. Two cars behind him stopped on his bumper and he saw another car on the other side of the missing section stopped.

[Lint Head]

2. This is what the barge carries.

[waddirum]

4. I can't find any photos of the collapse

nothing in any of those links or in Google images.

[malaise]

5. here

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/16612736/update-no-reported-injuries-in-ky-bridge-collapse