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May 9, 2020 · The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida Fell 40 Years Ago, After a Freighter Hit it in Severe Weather. By Jan Wesner Childs. May 09, 2020. A car that was driven by Dick Hornbuckle is halted at...
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 to Manatee County.
May 8, 2020 · Gabrielle Calise Times staff. Published May 8, 2020 | Updated May 11, 2020. Saturday marks 40 years since the 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter slammed into the old Skyway bridge. Six cars, a...
May 9, 2023 · Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge that joined St. Petersburg...
Cost: $244 million. Length: 29,040 feet. Type: Cable-Stayed. Purpose: Roadway. Materials: Steel, concrete. Longest Single Span: 1,200 feet. Engineer (s): Figg & Muller Engineering Group. Completed...
Aug 30, 2023 · The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, a prominent Tampa Bay area connector, has been shut down due to high winds, as Hurricane Idalia approaches the coast, Pinellas County emergency officials said...
May 9, 2019 · ST. 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...
