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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. 'Very surreal, tragic time': ODOT spokeswoman remembers 2002 Webbers ...
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 ...
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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.
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 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.