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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Mothman, in West Virginian folklore, is a humanoid creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967. The first newspaper report was published in the Point Pleasant Register, dated November 16, 1966, titled "Couples See Man-Sized Bird ...
1967 Silver Bridge collapse: Accident – Bridge collapse: Ohio River between Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio: 46 1976 Air Manila Flight 702: Accident – aircraft: Naval Air Station Agana, Guam: 46 1983 February 1983 North American blizzard: Winter storm: Northeastern United States: 45–91 1871 Staten Island Ferry § Staten ...
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 ...
According to the June 9, 1967, Wilmington Morning Star, work on building what was then known as the Cape Fear Bridge was ahead of schedule by a month. The district highway commissioner said if ...
December 15 – The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapses, killing 46. December 19 – Professor John Archibald Wheeler uses the term black hole for the first time. December 28 – Businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.