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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 ...
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.
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.
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Gandy Bridge is the southernmost bridge spanning Old Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida.The original 1924 span was dismantled in 1975. The second bridge, constructed in 1956 was used for vehicular traffic until 1997, when it was converted to recreational use by non-motorized traffic.
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.
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 ...