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May 6, 2020 · The Summit Venture underneath the Sunshine Skyway bridge after the crash. ... a ship two football fields long, into the 58.4-mile channel that leads to the Port of Tampa. It is a long and ...
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May 9, 2018 · On May 9, 1980, the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the bridge to collapse into the bay. At ...
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May 10, 2024 · The 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter, fighting 60 mph winds with blinding fog and rain, slammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. That’s when a chunk of concrete more than 1,200 feet long cracked.
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 ...
May 9, 2024 · May 9, 2024 at 6:45 AM · 1 min read. 1. 44 years later: Thursday marks tragic anniversary of 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster. TAMPA, Fla. - Thursday marks 44 years since one of the worst ...
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Oct 21, 2019 · According to Fox 13, Carmen Newell Bannon was a passenger in a car on the Sunshine Skyway when she spotted a Carnival cruise ship sailing underneath the bridge, Thursday. Bannon took a photo of ...
May 9, 2024 · TAMPA, Fla. — Thursday marks 44 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a ...
