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Explore the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967, revealing the engineering flaws that led to the disaster and its lasting impact on bridge safety standards. ...more.
On December 15, 1967, during the five o'clock rush hour traffic, all three spans of the "Silver Bridge" collapsed into the icy Ohio River in less than a minute. This national tragedy would change bridge construction and inspections.
15 Δεκ 2020 · Thirty-one vehicles plunged into the icy waters of the Ohio River. Twenty-one people survived, but 46 died in the disaster. The Silver Bridge tragedy led to national changes in how bridges were inspected.
The Silver Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Henderson, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1969 as a replacement for the collapsed Silver Bridge, although it is located about 4,300 feet (1.3 km) downstream (south) of the original.
15 Δεκ 2017 · Video: 'Silver Bridge Collapse Point Pleasant, WV 1967' (Friday, December 15, 1967, 4:58 p.m. EST) — 46 people were killed today when the Silver Bridge between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed when one of its eyebars broke under the weight of rush hour traffic, sending an estimated 75 cars and trucks 80 feet down ...
10 Αυγ 2024 · About a week before Christmas 1967, rush hour traffic crawled across the Silver Bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Dozens of cars sat bumper-to-bumper on the structure. Then, without warning, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River.
Last week, under the bumper-to-bumper weight of cars, gravel trucks, and semitrailers, the “Silver Bridge” collapsed, carrying perhaps as many as 100 people to their deaths in the murky,...
