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State transportation engineers will know for sure within the next few weeks whether the parts of the Eggner’s Ferry bridge still standing are safe enough to support a temporary span to put up a temporary span, Gov. Steve Beshear said Wednesday. “I think definitely on a temporary basis we’re going to have to go in that direction,” Beshear said after examining the bridge for the first time on Wednesday. The bridge has been closed since a ship carrying rocket parts... Read more 

LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES — Kentucky transportation officials are still assessing what’s left and what can be salvaged of the 80-year-old Eggner’s Ferry Bridge after a barge carrying rocket parts burst through a section of it Thursday night. Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike Hancock held a briefing for reporters Friday after surveying the damage. The barge took out a 322-ft. span of the bridge, a big chunk that limits what construction crews could do to temporarily... Read more