 The residents of Perkins Branch in the Jeremiah community of Letcher County will soon have a new temporary road and a river crossing to get into and out of their hollow. More than two dozen families were stranded after the only bridge into and out of Perkins Branch collapsed at some point Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Letcher County Judge Executive Jim Ward said the temporary crossing could be completed as early as tonight. Hopefully by late tonight we will have these people in and out of here. They still want to be probably soft and mushy, but should be able to get the ambulance, fire truck, get the people in and out. They're really being very patient. They know that it wasn't going to be a fix that was going to happen just in a few hours. Ward said the failed bridge had been damaged by floodwaters from February's flooding event across the region. He added that a permanent solution to the bridge collapse is still being considered by state, county and federal officials. No one was reported injured in the collapse of the Perkins Branch bridge.