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The Dixon Bridge Disaster, also known as the Truesdell Bridge Disaster, occurred on Sunday, May 4, 1873, when the bridge across the Rock River at Dixon, Illinois, collapsed while spectators were observing a baptism ceremony in the river below. The collapse killed 46 people and injured at least 56 others.
The Norbert F. Beckey Bridge replaced the Muscatine High Bridge (1891-1972). Construction on the bridge was completed in December 1972. A pillar from the old High Bridge still stands at Riverside Park in Muscatine. In 1956 the newly established Muscatine Bridge Commission was able to purchase the High Bridge for just over $880,000. [3]
The boat and bridge caught on fire, and the steamboat owner sued for damages, claiming the bridge was a hazard to navigation. It was defended in court by an Illinois lawyer: Abraham Lincoln. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Lincoln won the case for the railroad, arguing that a person has a much right to build a bridge to cross a river as another person has to ...
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2008 – Boromo bus caught fire in Balé Province, Burkina Faso, sixty-seven killed on November 15 [citation needed] 2008 – Firozabad bus caught fire in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing sixty-three on December 9. [citation needed] 2009 – Chengdu bus fire, a mass murder–suicide attack Chengdu, Sichuan, China, results in 27 deaths on June 5
The first Rock Island Bridge, constructed in the 1850s and located about 1,500 feet (460 m) upstream of the present bridge, was the first railroad bridge to span the Mississippi River. [7] It played a prominent role in the period before the American Civil War and construction of the First transcontinental railroad .
All but one of the horses survived the fire. One horse, a 28-year-old Mayer, needed to be euthanized on the scene after breaking her two front legs running from the fire, according to KCBS .
The main span is a through-arch design, 620 feet (189.0 m) long. The clearance of this span over the river, from low steel of the bridge to normal water level in the pool below, is 66.0 feet (20.1 m). [3] With the approach spans, the total length of the structure is 7,120.8 feet (2,170.4 m). Its length makes it the longest bridge in Illinois. [4]