Bayou Warehouse bridge hit, wiped out by barge

BY HEATHER MILLER
THE DAILY IBERIAN
Published/Last Modified on Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:31 AM CDT

LYDIA — The bridge over Bayou Warehouse was destroyed by an unattended barge that crashed into it this morning during Hurricane Ike.

Robert Freeman, an environmental science manager with the state Department of Envronmental Quality, said the barge appeared to have broken loose and wiped the bridge out.

Half of the barge was “caught up” and the other half was sunken, Freeman said.

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The crash also caused a small amount of old diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid to spll into the bayou. Freeman described the barge as a “keyway” barge used to put rigs on for drilling.

No injuries were reported.

Part of the bridge’s structure is sticking out of the water, he said.

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Comments

    jd wrote on Sep 14, 2008 12:05 PM:

    " This bridge is the last bridge you cross over on Hwy 83 when you are leaving Lydia and getting to the Morton Salt/Weeks Island area. "

    Long way around wrote on Sep 14, 2008 8:30 AM:

    " It's near Weeks Island. As you leave Lydia heading for Weeks Island, and from there Cypremort Point, you cross the Bayou Patout bridge, then the Bayou Warehouse bridge. To get to the Point or Weeks Island, you'll have to go down US 90 to the next exit and take the long way around, past the Port of West St. Mary. "

    Concerned wrote on Sep 13, 2008 2:16 PM:

    " Can someone tell me where that bridge is, what it's near? "

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