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Jan 28, 2012 · Details are still murky surrounding the wreck that sent a 322-foot span of a bridge crashing into Kentucky Lake.
Opened to traffic in 2018, the new U.S. 68/KY 80 Bridges across Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) and Lake Barkley (Cumberland River) replaced two narrow 20-ft-wide, 1930s-era truss bridges in the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area in western Kentucky.
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. / 36.85694°N 88.07472°W / 36.85694; -88.07472. Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 ...
- 171,280 acres (688 km²)
- Murray, Kentucky
- 1963
The Delta Mariner is idle at the US68/KY80 Eggner's Ferry Bridge, with two destroyed spans of the bridge draped over her bow, on Kentucky Lake near Golden Pond, Ky., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
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Mar 11, 2024 · Feb. 7, 2012. A 322-ft span of the U.S. 68/Kentucky 80 bridge over Kentucky Lake in far western Kentucky collapsed after being struck by a barge Jan. 26. Inspectors and emergency responders from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) rushed to the scene.
Jan 30, 2012 · Kentucky officials are looking at speeding up construction of a four-lane bridge over the Tennessee River after a 322-ft span on the existing U.S. 68/KY 80 bridge collapsed following...
Jan 28, 2012 · CNN —. Coast Guard crews were among those working Friday to reinforce a southwestern Kentucky bridge that partially collapsed after being hit by a 312-foot cargo ship. The Delta Mariner ...
