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What's happening with the Sherman Minton Bridge?

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - We are past the halfway point of when Hall Contracting is supposed to be finished with their repairs on the Sherman Minton Bridge. What exactly is being done right now to fix the bridge? Indiana Department of Transportation officials say crews are working seven days a week and 12 hours a day on both sides of the bridge.

Loads of steel have been coming down from Gary, Indiana. Right now they are working on the upstream side of the bridge starting on the Kentucky end and moving towards Indiana. That consists of setting the steel on the tie girder, drilling the holes and bolting it in.

On the other side of the bridge, they are still painting and priming because once they are done on the west side with the steel on the outside of the tie girder, they'll move to the east side. After that they'll start the whole process over reinforcing the inside of the tie girders.

Of course that work is not helping with the traffic issues on the other bridges that just seem to be building up and the people we spoke with are running out of patience.     

On the Kentucky side, Transportation Cabinet officials say Wednesday morning they were able to patch the growing potholes on the Kennedy Bridge. However, they say they cannot do full repairs to the holes until the Sherman Minton is back open.

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