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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.
- 700 feet (210 m)
- 2,235 feet (681 m)
- May 30, 1928
- Ohio River
Dec 1, 2021 · During rush hour on December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapsed — and some believe the mythical Mothman was responsible. After the Silver Bridge collapsed under the weight of rush-hour traffic, 31 cars plummeted into the water — with 46 people losing their lives.
Dec 15, 2020 · At about 5 p.m. on December 15, the eyebar failed, setting off a series of other failures that caused the bridge to collapse. It was rush hour, and the bridge was packed with cars. Thirty-one vehicles plunged into the icy waters of the Ohio River. Twenty-one people survived, but 46 died in the disaster.
Aug 31, 2023 · The Silver Bridge, engineering marvel of the Ohio River valley, was gone. The destruction was catastrophic. “It didn’t just fall into the river,” a coal truck driver told the Charleston ...
Jun 4, 2017 · There were 37 vehicles on the bridge with 67 people in them at the time of the collapse. Of these vehicles, 31 fell with the bridge. Twenty-one people escaped injury or were rescued from the river. There was a total of 46 fatalities, including five killed on the Ohio shore.
Dec 15, 2022 · 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.
Dec 12, 2017 · 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.
