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Contributing to the cause of the collapse was the failure of the Hamilton County Engineer's Office to submit the bridge design plans to the Ohio Department of Transportation for review as required by state law. [1] The one-lane bridge was intended to carry U.S. 52 traffic while a replacement for the 93-year-old Miamitown Bridge was being built.
March 23 – Indonesia – Hundreds of passengers died after a railroad bridge broke, causing a passenger train to crash and slide into the Anai Valley in Tanah Datar. [ 66 ] May 21 – United States – Piqua, Ohio : a seventeen-car westbound troop train, travelling on the Pennsylvania Railroad line, derails at high speed.
A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
Oct. 11, 1911: "Prospect St. Bridge falls with a crash" Nov. 4, 1911: "Three hurt when bridge collapses" Akron Evening Times, Oct. 28, 1918: "Bridge collapses; two escape death" Oct. 28, 1922 ...
A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as officials tried to determine the amount of damage to the bridge that serves as a crucial link ...
The driver of a semi-truck was pulled to safety Friday by firefighters following a crash that left the vehicle dangling over a bridge across the Ohio River. The three-vehicle crash on the George ...
A Union Pacific train was flagged down over a wooden bridge and the Wild Bunch boarded it and blew up the safe with dynamite and stole $36,000. [35] [36] Cochise, Arizona: September 9, 1899 Alvord-Stiles Gang The gang led by Bill Downing held up the train crew and detached the Wells Fargo express car from the train and stole $10,000. [37]
The bridge, which carries 24,000 vehicles a day between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind., was to reopen Saturday evening. Semi dangling from bridge over Ohio River leads to dramatic rescue in ...