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A massive fire collapsed an Interstate 85 (I-85) bridge in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on the evening of March 30, 2017.After the 92-foot-long (28 m) section collapsed, I-85 was closed to traffic for 43 days between its split with I-75 and the interchange with State Route 400 (SR 400) — approximately two miles (3 km).
The General (1926 film): The fictional Rock River bridge, a wooden trestle bridge purpose-built for the film, is set on fire and later collapses as a train attempts to cross it. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927 novel): An Inca rope bridge in Peru collapses, with the resulting deaths forming the basis for the novel's plot.
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.
BALTIMORE — Julio Cervantes Suarez endured the unthinkable when a 100,000-plus-ton cargo ship crashed into the bridge he was working on, collapsing the critical structure and sending him ...
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Several years later, in 1987, the Polish bulk carrier Ziemia Bialostocka collided with the bridge while also attempting to pass through the bridge's opening. [20] While this collision did not result in any injuries or fatalities, it did cause approx. $1.4 million ($3.8 million in 2023) in damages. [ 20 ]
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had stood strong for nearly 50 years, collapsed into pieces in mere seconds early Tuesday after a cargo ship collided into one of its support pillars.