"After getting complaints about noise on the Kennedy Bridge, a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet inspector visited the span in May and noticed an "audible rattle" and part of the roadway bouncing with traffic.

"A week later, other inspectors discovered five missing bolts where drivers pass over a strip resembling interlocking fingers near the Indiana state line. It's one of four joints that connect the bridge deck's concrete slabs, letting the structure expand and contract.

"Two weeks later, on June 7, a special review found one more bolt missing in the same area and two other bolts that could be removed by hand. Another two bolts were sheared off.

"Those details, included in inspection reports obtained under Kentucky's open records law, shed more light on the condition of the 57-year-old Ohio River interstate crossing before state officials closed three lanes indefinitely last month while they wait for new bolts to be made and installed."