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The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge , [ 1 ] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
The Silver Bridge spanned the Ohio River from Gallipolis to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Opening to traffic in 1928, it was the first bridge in the nation to use an innovative eyebar-link ...
Up until the late 1960s, WV 62 was designated as U.S. Route 35 from Dunbar to Point Pleasant, crossing the Silver Bridge into Gallipolis, Ohio. After the Silver Bridge collapsed in 1967 (necessitating the building of a new bridge, the Silver Memorial Bridge —finished in 1969), US 35 was moved to the south bank (replacing the former WV 17) of ...
Total collapse The Mill Point Bridge is 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream from the Thruway bridge that collapsed on 5 April. Flood waters from the same flood that finally undermined the Thruway bridge were up to the girders of the Mill Point bridge. It was closed as a safety precaution. It collapsed six days after the earlier collapse. [40] Glanrhyd Bridge
Nov. 4, 1911: "Three hurt when bridge collapses" Akron Evening Times, Oct. 28, 1918: "Bridge collapses; two escape death" Oct. 28, 1922: "Heavy truck causes bridge to collapse"
I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: Bridge: 13 dead, 145 injured 2007: Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction: Hunan, China: Bridge: 50+ dead, ~90+ injured 2007: Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge: Cần Thơ, Vietnam: Bridge: 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured 2007: Estádio Fonte Nova ...
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