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The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of the bridge and caused 24 people and ten motor vehicles to fall into the river. Ten people died and eleven others sustained injuries. The Sidney Lanier Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge which was notorious among seamen for being difficult to navigate, due in part to its small opening.
The Sidney Lanier Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. The bridge is named after Georgia-born poet Sidney Lanier and carries part of U.S. Route 17 in Georgia. It was also the name of an earlier bridge which was next to the current site.
Fifty-two years ago, on the night of Richard Nixon’s landslide re-election, the SS African Neptune cargo ship crashed into the Sidney Lanier Bridge just after 10 p.m. Ten cars and 24 people ...
The original Sidney Lanier Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge on U.S. 17 crossing the Brunswick River and was opened on June 22, 1956. [189] On November 7, 1972, the ship African Neptune struck the bridge, causing parts of the bridge to collapse, taking cars with it. [190] [191] The accident resulted in ten deaths. [192]
Mar. 24—Work on the Sidney Lanier Bridge was originally scheduled for completion almost a year ago, in April 2020. Nearly 12 months later, Georgia Department of Transportation officials still ...
1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse: Brunswick, Georgia: United States 7 November 1972: Vertical Lift Bridge over the South Brunswick River: Struck by the freighter African Neptune: 10 deaths, multiple injuries Several spans knocked out Repaired during 1972–73 then completely replaced with a new cable-stayed bridge in 2003 Bulls Bridge Bulls ...
Oct. 2—ATLANTA — Georgia DOT announced the reopening of the Sidney Lanier Bridge after Hurricane Ian skirted the coast but left no major damage. Individuals who evacuated from the storm are ...
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