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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.
Around 5 p.m. on December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed over the Ohio River, leaving 46 people dead in the icy waters below. But what caused it? After the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, 31 cars plummeted into the water — with 46 people losing their lives.
03. The bridge was named for its aluminum paint, which gave it a distinctive silver color. 04. On December 15, 1967, during rush hour, the bridge suddenly collapsed into the Ohio River. 05. The collapse resulted in the deaths of 46 people, making it one of the deadliest bridge failures in U.S. history.
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...
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.
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.
A Strange Creature Was Lurking in West Virginia. Then an Iconic Bridge Collapsed. How a risky design, cost-cutting, and strange supernatural warnings changed a small town forever. By Colin Dickey...
This documentary, "Silver Lining: The Catastrophe that Lead to the Creation of the National Bridge Inspection Standards," was created to honor the 46 lives lost and acknowledge the program that...
he 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge, which connected West Virginia to Ohio, was simultaneously the most devastating vehicular bridge collapse in American history—killing 46 people—and the most im-portant, because it led to the creation of a nation - wide, standardized bridge inspection program.
In a single-point bridge failure, one component breaks and brings down an entire structure. See how this happened 52 years ago to West Virginia’s Silver Bridge.