NINTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EWP BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT

                               NINTH AMENDMENT TO

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                            EWP BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT

     This  NINTH   AMENDMENT  TO  AMENDED  AND  RESTATED  LOAN  AGREEMENT  (this

"Amendment")  is made and entered into as of December 15, 2003 between  KEYSTONE

CONSOLIDATED  INDUSTRIES,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  ("Keystone"),  and the

lenders listed in Annex I hereto (individually a "Lender" and collectively,  the

"Lenders").

                                    Recitals

     A.  Keystone and the Lenders  have  entered  into that certain  Amended and

Restated EWP Bridge Loan  Agreement  dated as of November 1, 2001, as amended by

various  amendments,  the last of which is the Eighth  Amendment  to Amended and

Restated  EWP Bridge  Loan  Agreement  dated as of  November  15,  2003  between

Keystone and the Lenders (collectively, the "Loan Agreement").

     B.  Keystone and the Lenders  wish to amend the Loan  Agreement as provided

herein.

     C. Capitalized  terms used but not otherwise  defined herein shall have the

same meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

                                    Agreement

     In  consideration  of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements

herein, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows.

     Section 1. Amendment to Loan  Agreement.  Section 3.3 of the Loan Agreement

shall be amended by deleting  such section in its entirety and replacing it with

the following:

          3.3.  Maturity  Date.  Unless the same shall  become due  earlier as a

     result of acceleration  of the maturity,  the Loans shall mature on January

     31, 2004 (the "Maturity  Date"),  at which time the  outstanding  principal

     balance of the Loans and all accrued  and unpaid