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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 Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017) – A documentary. The Mothman Menace (2023) – A fictionalized account of the Silver Bridge collapse and other historical events from 1960s' Point Pleasant, WV. Craig McDonald, author. The Mothman Revisited (2024) - Volume 4, Episode 5 of Unsolved Mysteries on Netflix
Point Pleasant was widely noted for the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, which killed 46 people. On October 10, 1974, Point Pleasant celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. A replica of Fort Randolph was built in 1973-74 and dedicated as part of the festivities.
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 ...
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Prior to 1969, the route that is now WV 817 was numbered as the original West Virginia Route 17. Following the collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, a new bridge (the Silver Memorial Bridge) was built to carry U.S. Route 35 across the Ohio River. The new bridge was built slightly downstream, now south of the mouth of the Kanawha ...
At 4:58 in the afternoon, the Silver Bridge between Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio collapsed without warning when one of its eyebars broke under the weight of rush hour traffic. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] At the time, 31 vehicles were on the center span of the 700-foot (210 m) bridge, and either plunged 80 feet (24 m) into the Ohio ...
Turner Station was already struggling with population loss and economic decline long before the bridge collapse — and its newest chapter promises even more challenges. Plans are underway to ...