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The Silver Bridge was a suspension bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, until it collapsed in 1967, killing 46 people. Learn about the bridge's design, construction, failure, investigation, and replacement from this Wikipedia article.
A 2020 documentary film about the Mothman, a purported humanoid creature sighted in West Virginia and other Appalachian regions. The film is a sequel to The Mothman of Point Pleasant and explores reported encounters from 1966 to 2019.
Point Pleasant is a small community on the Ohio River, southeast of Cincinnati. It is the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and has a restored cottage museum.
Thirty-one vehicles plunged into the Ohio River, killing 46 people. Baltimore's Key Bridge is not the first: A look at other bridge collapse events in US history Crain Avenue Bridge collapse, Kent ...
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 ...
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster (also called the Ashtabula horror, the Ashtabula Bridge disaster, and the Ashtabula train disaster) was caused by the collapse of a bridge over the Ashtabula River near the town of Ashtabula, Ohio, in the United States on December 29, 1876.
U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a highway that runs from West Virginia to Indiana, mostly as a freeway or expressway. It has various junctions with state routes and interstates, and crosses the Ohio River on the Silver Memorial Bridge.
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park is located at the confluence of the Kanawha River and the Ohio River in downtown Point Pleasant, West Virginia.The park commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant, fought between the settler militia of Virginia and the forces of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk on October 10, 1774.