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Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster: 45 years later
Friday marks 45 years since one of the Tampa Bay area's worst tragedies when a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, ...
The day a Florida bridge fell into the bay, taking down a bus and killing 35
At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the 606-foot Summit Venture crashed into the western span of the bridge during a storm.
‘I said a soft prayer for everybody I handled’: diver reflects on recovering victims from Skyway Bridge collapse
“I said a soft prayer for everybody I handled; I apologized for the rough treatment that I was going to give them, that I ...
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Collapse in the Fog: How a Ship Brought Down the Skyway Bridge
Skyway Bridge disaster remains one of the most dramatic structural collapses in U.S. history. Amid a blinding storm, the ...
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A list of major US bridge collapses caused by ships and barges
One person died and two people were seriously injured. SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE: 35 DEAD May 9, 1980: The 609-foot freighter Summit Venture was navigating through the narrow, winding shipping ...
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Florida has Bob Graham to thank for the Skyway's safety measures. Here's why.
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla — The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looms large over Tampa Bay as the connector between Pinellas and Manatee counties as its impressive arches reach up to the sky over one of the ...
45 years later: Remembering the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse
The new "Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge" was rebuilt seven years later and features new safety bumpers called "dolphin" ...