Eggner's Ferry Bridge Hit By a Barge and Partially Collapsed

[MarkW]

They say no cars in the water and no one on the boat is injured. Thats a major bridge in the area. That's going to cause all kinds of problems, both for boats and cars. They said some of the lights were not working on the bridge. I wonder why the barge captain didn't use those huge bright spot lights to see the bridge????? I also read he wasn't towing any barges---so I guess it was only the tug????? It doesn't really add up. Guess we'll know more in the morning.

[MarkW]

I was wrong-----it was a massive boat that hit the bridge. It wasn't a tug boat it was this boat:
http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...mmsi=338731000

It carries rocket engines or something like that for Boeing. WOW!

[09Z7SC]

Guess there won't be much a-rigging at Ky lake this weekend. At least not around Kenlake.

[psvec]

Guess there won't be much a-rigging at Ky lake this weekend. At least not around Kenlake.

lol

[artcarney_agr]

I was wrong-----it was a massive boat that hit the bridge. It wasn't a tug boat it was this boat:
http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...mmsi=338731000

It carries rocket engines or something like that for Boeing. WOW!

Correct. Plant is in Decatur, AL

More info. here:
http://www.bbcboards.net/zeropost?cmd=tshow&id=769117

[Steeler_Boy]

Apparently there were no "rocket scientists" piloting that boat!!

Sorry, apparently I thought it was bad joke day today....

I was wrong-----it was a massive boat that hit the bridge. It wasn't a tug boat it was this boat:
http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...mmsi=338731000

It carries rocket engines or something like that for Boeing. WOW!

[artcarney_agr]

They said some of the lights were not working on the bridge. I wonder why the barge captain didn't use those huge bright spot lights to see the bridge?????

From what I've read, the boat went underneath the wrong span, which had less clearance.

They are attributing the error to the malfunction with the lights on the bridge.

I guess without the lights, he didn't know which one was the right one to go under.

[09Z7SC]

From what I've read, the boat went underneath the wrong span, which had less clearance.

They are attributing the error to the malfunction with the lights on the bridge.

I guess without the lights, he didn't know which one was the right one to go under.

I am just guessing here, but I know on my HB GPS it shows which lanes are which on Ky lake, wouldn't that be true on a massive ship like that? You would think this could be a combination of errors made while navigating this ship. I hope they have good insurance on that ship.

[artcarney_agr]

Check these out!

http://media.wpsdlocal6.com/images/3...bridge+009.JPG

Bridge span wrapped up on the bow of the ship!!!
http://kfvs12.images.worldnow.com/im...12736_BG10.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/14io20g.png

[artcarney_agr]

Check these out!

http://media.wpsdlocal6.com/images/3...bridge+009.JPG

When you look at this picture, take a look to the left of the boat...definitely more clearance underneath those spans than the one he tried to go under...D'OH!

[Carter1]

I saw that bridge, intact, just this past Saturday as I was fishing near it. WOW!

[kc]

Just saw a picture on foxnews.com and the ship went through the first "wide" span on the east side of the bridge which as you say has less clearance than the spans in the middle. I also noted some of the news articles saying that two spans were down which is not true. I saw a video off of news channel 5 in Nashville and the ship went between two piers(the first wide span on east of bridge) and only that span is down -- or rather is wrapped around the nose of the ship.

As far as the bridge lights go I have navigated by those lights hundreds of times coming back to Fenton or Ken Lake and there are green lights over the center of the wide spans and red lights on the piers. I guess the light malfunction must mean that one of the green lights in the center was out.

Sure going to mess up traffic (and fishing) in that area for a good while...

kc