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December 15, 1969 [22] Location. The Silver Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Henderson, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1969 as a replacement for the collapsed Silver Bridge, although it is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) downstream (south) of the original.
U.S. Route 35 US 35 in red, US 35 Bus. in blue Route information Length 417.73 mi [a] (672.27 km) Major junctions South end I-64 / CR 33 in Teays Valley, WV Major intersections SR 32 / SR 124 in Jackson, OH US 23 in Chillicothe, OH SR 159 in Chillicothe, OH SR 104 in Chillicothe, OH I-71 near Jeffersonville, OH I-675 in Beavercreek, OH I-75 / SR 4 in Dayton, OH I-70 near Richmond, IN I-69 near ...
The Mianus River Bridge is a span that carries Interstate 95 ( Connecticut Turnpike) over the Mianus River, between Cos Cob and Riverside, Connecticut. It is the second bridge on the site. The original bridge collapsed in 1983, killing three motorists. The replacement span is officially named the Michael L. Morano Bridge, after a state senator ...
Vulcan is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Vulcan is located along the Tug Fork across from the state of Kentucky. The community was named after Vulcan, the god of fire in Roman mythology. [2] Vulcan received international attention when they requested aid from the Soviet Union to replace a collapsed ...
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 original eastern end of the bypass at SR 7 was originally a four-leg intersection, with the fourth leg being formed by the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The Silver Bridge collapsed on December 15, 1967 as the result of previously unknown metal fatigue. 46 people died in the collapse. [6]
A span of the Silver Bridge rests against a concrete support and dips into the Ohio River at Kanauga, near Gallipolis, Ohio, after it collapsed. 12/17/67. The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore ...
San Andreas (2015 film): Movie that portrays the destruction of several notable structures in the western United States, including the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Hoover Dam and the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. London Has Fallen (2016 film): Bridges destroyed by terrorists.