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Bookmark or Share- Silver Bridge collapse still impacts bridges 57 years laterThe St. Marys Bridge would later be replaced by the structure that is there today. The disaster led to tighter regulations concerning the inspection of bridges. The Sliver Bridge was just 39 years ...
- The Silver Bridge Collapses Killing 46: December 15, 1967The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant with Gallipolis, Ohio, had opened to traffic in 1928. It was the first bridge in the nation to use an innovative eyebar-link suspension system rather than a traditional wire-cable suspension.
- WVDOT remembers the Silver Bridge Collapse and its effect on bridge ...The Silver Bridge was an eye bar-chain suspension bridge that was built in 1928 and connected Point Pleasant to Gallipolis, Ohio. On December 15, 1967, the bridge collapsed due to the failure of a ...
- Silver Bridge - WikipediaThe 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 4,300 feet (1.3 km) downstream (south) of the original.
- Mothman and the Collapse of Point Pleasant's Silver BridgeOfficially the Point Pleasant Bridge—it earned its nickname from its silver aluminum paint—the eyebar- suspension-chain bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. It...
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