MV Delta Mariner Strikes KY Bridge - Bridge Collapses

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by zippyt

Dude is that the Bridge at new Johnsonville ??

No, closer to Dicksburg, Peniston, and Schlongtown.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Sundae

How can a ship that size not have navigation charts with clearance?!
Unless he was on an unscheduled route like Francesco Schettino.

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Was that ship riding high in the water, so it was a collison waiting to happen ?

Originally Posted by ZenGum

What Sundae said. Captain of that vessel is in trououououble!

The captain will prolly have to answer some tough questions. He, for whatever reason, used the 'recreational channel' instead of the 'main shipping channel'. The lower end of the span he struck was only about twenty feet off the water.

FTR, the water level was up a bit, and the ship was carrying empty rocket engine cores, so may have been riding somewhat higher than usual. It was noted this ship makes this run regularly and has for some time. Usually carries fully fueled/filled cores up from Alabama, over to the Ohio River, down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, to launch facilities in Florida, or transits the Panama Canal carrying the engines to Vandenberg in California.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by zippyt

Dude is that the Bridge at new Johnsonville ??

The bridge in question is located close to nothing major.

It's about thirty miles or so east of Mayfield, KY, ten or so east of Dexter, KY. Just north of the southern Marshall County line.

Lat. 36°46'21.24"N
Long. 88° 7'12.92"W

[ZenGum]

FTR, the water level was up a bit, and the ship was carrying empty rocket engine cores, so may have been riding somewhat higher than usual.

That may all be true, but ... someone is the captain. It's their job to be aware of that stuff and take it into account.

And someone, almost certainly not the captain, should have been on forward lookout duty. "Hey, cap'n, that bridge is at eye level..."

Oh well, we get a chuckle, and no one AFAIK got hurt. Ticked off the people who use the bridge, though, I guess.

[Gravdigr]

The Eggner Ferry Bridge re-opened this past Friday. Just in time for Memorial Day weekend travelers.

I don't know how long it usually takes to replace 322 feet of bridge span, but, that seemed awfully fast to me.

[glatt]

I'm sure they didn't cut any corners to do it quickly. You'll be just fine using it.

[Gravdigr]

Oh, I'll drive across sooner or later (w/eyes shut, I don't like tall/long bridges). It was a KY company what built the span and did the construction work.

If any of us are hurt, we'll be at the company HQ by morning.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

The Eggner Ferry Bridge re-opened this past Friday. Just in time for Memorial Day weekend travelers.

I don't know how long it usually takes to replace 322 feet of bridge span, but, that seemed awfully fast to me.

Wow.