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Tech Tim · Apr 17, 2023

If Swift drivers were boat captains.

Sceep · Apr 17, 2023

Tech Tim said:
If Swift drivers were boat captains.

Had to look that one up.

Ship carrying rocket parts, hits Kentucky bridge

State officials are inspecting what's left of a southwestern Kentucky bridge that collapsed after a cargo ship carrying aviation parts struck it.

www.nbcnews.com

Kentucky's governor on Friday promised speedy work to begin replacing a bridge that partially collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship hauling parts for a space rocket.

Two spans of the Eggner Ferry Bridge at US 68 and Kentucky 80 were destroyed Thursday night by the Delta Mariner, which was too tall to pass beneath the structure. No injuries were reported on the bridge or in the boat, which was carrying rocket components from Decatur, Ala., to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The ship was traveling on the Tennessee River on its typical route to Florida's Atlantic coast when it hit the aging steel bridge, which was built in the 1930s and handles about 2,800 vehicles a day.

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the collision. And it's too early to speculate on exactly what caused the wreck until that probe is done, said Sam Sacco, a spokesman for ship owner and operator Foss Marine.

Sacco said the boat was not severely damaged, and some of the crew remained on the ship Friday afternoon to make sure the cargo is safe.

Gov. Steve Beshear on Friday said an immediate review of options to restore the bridge would take place.

"We'll turn our attention to a full inspection of the bridge and determine what steps we can take next to speed up the replacement of that important artery," Beshear said.
The 312-foot Delta Mariner hauls rocket parts for the Delta and Atlas systems to launch stations in Florida and California, according to a statement from United Launch Alliance, which builds the rocket parts in Alabama. The cargo was not damaged in the collision with the bridge, the company said.

The rocket parts are used by the Air Force, NASA and private companies to send satellites into space, said Jessica Frye, a spokeswoman with United Launch Alliance.

Sacco said the ship's typical route to Florida takes it along the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers, then onto the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and on to Florida's east coast.

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Drummer79 · Apr 17, 2023

Sceep said:
Had to look that one up.

Ship carrying rocket parts, hits Kentucky bridge

State officials are inspecting what's left of a southwestern Kentucky bridge that collapsed after a cargo ship carrying aviation parts struck it.

www.nbcnews.com

Story makes no sense, which is typical reporting. If it's that ship's normal route, how hadn't it hit that bridge every time before this time?
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Sceep · Apr 17, 2023

Drummer79 said:
Story makes no sense, which is typical reporting. If it's that ship's normal route, how hadn't it hit that bridge every time before this time?
and meme

Eggner's Ferry Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The U.S. Coast Guard reported on January 27 that the Delta Mariner hit the bridge when it tried to pass through what is known as the recreational channel, which has a lower clearance, instead of the shipping channel, which the vessel normally used.[9]