Repairs to a collapsed span of the Eggners Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake should be completed by May 27—four months earlier than originally anticipated. Hall Contracting of Kentucky Inc., Louisville, has won a $7-million emergency contract. It faces a $50,000-per-day penalty if it misses the May 27 deadline.
Hall, which recently completed emergency repairs to cracks on the Sherman Minton Bridge in Louisville 13 days ahead of schedule, edged out Walsh Contracting, Crown Point, Ky., and C.J. Mahan Inc., Grove City, Ohio, in bidding to repair the bridge. It lost a 322-ft span when a cargo ship struck it on Jan. 26.