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May 6, 2020 · Published May 6, 2020 | Updated March 26. It was nearly 44 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200 ...
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, sometimes referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, or simply " the Skyway ", is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge that spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County ( St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County ( Terra Ceia, Florida ).
May 8, 2020 · The Tampa Bay Times is committed to sharing the sights and stories of the past. An aerial photo from May 9, 1980, shows the freighter Summit Venture after it collided with the Sunshine Skyway ...
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May 9, 2020 · A car precariously balanced, just 14 inches short of plummeting 140 feet into Tampa Bay, Florida, after the freighter 'Summit Venture' rammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a thunderstorm ...
May 9, 2024 · 9th May 1980: Debris from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge perched on the bow of the freighter Summit Venture after the vessel rammed the bridge during a thunderstorm at Tampa Bay, Florida, causing 34 deaths. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Thursday marks 44 years since one of the worst tragedies in Tampa Bay history when the Sunshine Skyway Bridge ...
Mar 26, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. — Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapseearly Tuesday morning was an eerie reminder of the deadly 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disasterin Tampa Bay. Since that tragic day ...
May 9, 2022 · The Summit Venture freighter ship crashed into the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay on May 9, 1980. It happened during a storm. ... 1980 collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. ...