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The I-40 bridge disaster was a bridge collapse that occurred southeast of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, United States at 7:45 a.m. on May 26, 2002. Freight barges being transported on the Arkansas River collided with a pier supporting the Interstate 40 road bridge crossing the river. The resulting failure of the supports caused a section of the ...
Terri Angier of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation remembers the 2002 Webbers Falls bridge collapse on Interstate 40. ... The Interstate 40 bridge at Webbers Falls, ... and the death toll ...
On May 26, 2002, a barge struck the Interstate 40 bridge about 40 miles west of Fort Smith and claimed 14 lives. Here's how they're being remembered. On May 26, 2002, a barge struck the Interstate ...
The I-40 bridge over the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near Webbers Falls was struck by a barge on May 26, 2002, causing the bridge to collapse and resulting in the death of 14 people. Westbound I-40 traffic was detoured through Gore and Webbers Falls along SH-10, US-64, and SH-100, while eastbound traffic was diverted ...
Rodney Copeland was the first Oklahoma state trooper on the scene after a tugboat hit a barge on the I-40 bridge over the Arkansas River in 2002.
The I-40 Bridge Disaster happened on May 26, 2002; a barge collided with a bridge support near Webbers Falls, causing a 580-foot section of the I-40 bridge to plunge into the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River. Automobiles and semi-trucks fell into the water, killing 14 people (including a three-year-old girl) and two horses.
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The I-40 bridge disaster occurred on May 26, 2002, when a barge collided with a bridge foundation member near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing a 580-foot (180 m) section of the I-40 bridge to plunge into the Arkansas River. Automobiles and semitrailers fell into the water, killing 14 people.