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Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint. On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed amid heavy rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people, two of whom were never found.
December 15, 1967, was one of the darkest days in West Virginia history. Sadly, it was only the first of many tragic days that West Virginians would suffer. The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant with Gallipolis, Ohio, had opened to traffic in 1928.
How a risky design, cost-cutting, and strange supernatural warnings changed a small town forever. By Colin Dickey Published: Aug 31, 2023 4:12 PM EDT. Save Article. A sleepy town of barely 4,000 ...
On Dec. 15, 1967, 46 people died in the Silver Bridge collapse in Point Pleasant, but for West Virginia, it became more than just a tragedy.
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WV News) — Dec. 15, 1967 — One of the darkest days on record for longtime residents of Point Pleasant and Gallipolis, Ohio. It was just 10 days before Christmas when the Silver Bridge, which connected the two cities, collapsed, killing 46.
In the fifty years since December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge disaster has loomed large in the memory and history of West Virginia and the United States. In Point Pleasant, the story of the disaster lives on in the local river historical museum and in a memorial at the former bridge site.
On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia with Gallipolis and Kanauga, Ohio, collapsed into the freezing Ohio River during rush hour, killing 46 people and injuring at least eight people. The collapse became the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history.
On Dec. 15, 1967, the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history occurred when the 2,200-foot Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant collapsed into the freezing waters of the Ohio River during...
Fifty-five years ago today, the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history occurred when the 2,200-foot Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant collapsed into the freezing waters of the Ohio River during rush hour traffic, killing 46 people.
On December 15, 1967, the Point Pleasant Bridge (Silver Bridge), a roadway connector between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed into the Ohio River, killing 46 people, and injuring many more.