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A vehicle stopped just short of the collapsed portion of the bridge, May 9, 1980 View of the current bridge (top) and the old bridges: The piers of the current bridge are protected by structural dolphins. The collapsed bridge is under demolition.
May 6, 2020 · 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-foot span of the bridge to collapse into...
May 8, 2020 · Saturday marks 40 years since the 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter slammed into the old Skyway bridge. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus plummeted 150 feet into the choppy waters of...
3 days ago · The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, after it was hit by a cargo ship, has rekindled interest in the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster that happened 44 years ago. A documentary screening this month in Tampa and St. Petersburg tells the story of that bridge collapse, and its aftermath, through the eyes of people who witnessed it.
May 8, 2020 · On May 9, 1980, tragedy struck. A freight ship crashed into the support columns, causing 1,200 feet of the bridge to collapse. 35 people died that day.
Mar 26, 2024 · It's been 42 years since one of the worst tragedies in Tampa Bay's history when the Skyway Bridge was hit by the Freighter Summit Venture. Thirty-five people were killed after six cars, a truck, and a Greyhound bus fell over 150 feet into the water.
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, 2015 · The bridge collapsed and sent cars and a Greyhound bus hurdling into the water below. Thirty-five people were killed. Robin Sussingham of member station WUSF in Tampa recalls the tragedy and...
Mar 26, 2024 · More than four decades before a freighter hit Baltimore’s Key Bridge, a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway bridge in St. Petersburg, Fla., killing 35.
May 9, 2019 · PETERSBURG, Fla. — Thursday marks 39 years since the deadly Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse. A freighter ship hit the bridge during a heavy rainstorm on May 9, 1980, sending several cars and a...
