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The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay 35 killed, 1 injured 1,200 feet (370 m) of southbound span, several cars and a bus destroyed A vehicle stopped just short of the collapsed portion of the bridge.
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities. [1] [2] [3] An Iris-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Tampa Bay, Florida, US: Bridge: 35 dead 1981: Harbor Cay Condominium collapse: ... List of aircraft structural failures; List of bridge failures;
Tampa Bay bridge closes. Florida Highway Patrol and the Florida Department of Transportation have closed the Sunshine Skyway bridge due to high wind from Hurricane Helene as of 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida). The current Sunshine Skyway opened in 1987 and is the second ...
A waterspout was spotted near the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, Florida, on July 21, footage shows.This video filmed by Justin Boisclair shows his reaction to witnessing the vortex looming ...
Photo by St. Petersburg Times. Summit Venture was involved in a fatal collision with the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. While negotiating a required turn in the narrow channel during a storm, the radar failed, and the freighter struck one of the piers on the southbound span of the bridge.
The bridges to Sarasota County's barrier islands closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, according to the Sarasota Police Department.