Ship that Collapsed Bridge Resumes Voyage

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By Associated Press

Story Created: Feb 20, 2012 at 12:28 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 20, 2012 at 12:28 PM CDT

PADUCAH, KY (AP) - The cargo ship that struck a Kentucky Lake bridge, bringing part of it down, has resumed its voyage to Cape Canaveral, Fla.

A spokeswoman for the ship's owner, Foss Maritime, told The Paducah Sun that the Delta Mariner left the shipyard in Paducah, Ky. on Friday evening. The ship had arrived on Feb. 15 for repairs.

The ship struck the Eggner's Ferry Bridge on Jan. 26, collapsing a 322-foot section of it onto the vessel's deck and into the lake. The missing span halted traffic on U.S. 68 between the western shore of the lake and the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.

Most of the visible damage to the ship, which was carrying rocket parts for NASA and the U.S. Air Force, was to handrails and deck machinery.

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