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Maryland bridge collapse compared to 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster
WFLA via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn the morning of May 9, 1980, the Summit Venture hit the Skyway Bridge and caused a catastrophic...
In light of Baltimore disaster, Paul Tash reflects on Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Paul Tash, former chairman and CEO of Times Publishing Co., heard the news Tuesday morning...
Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse brings back memories of Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy
WFLA via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A major bridge collapsing in Baltimore reminds many Floridians of a similar...
Why this devastating collapse could only have happened to a bridge like Baltimore’s
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed in 1980 after a ship rammed into it and caused 34 deaths - Hulton...
Lessons from Skyway disaster failed to help protect Baltimore bridge
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAfter the Sunshine Skyway bridge was hit by a freighter and collapsed in 1980, new protection...
How the Baltimore bridge collapse compares to the fall of the Sunshine Skyway
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAmericans awoke Tuesday to images from a devastating scene in Baltimore, where a cargo ship rammed overnight into a major bridge, crumpling the road and sending cars into the water. For some ...
Bridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span...
Majority of U.S. bridges lack impact protection. Will anything change?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which plunged into the Patapsco River...
On this day 43 years ago 35 people died when a ship struck the Sunshine Skyway bridge
Herald-Tribune· 1 year agoToday is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the...
Baltimore's Key Bridge is not the first: A look at other bridge collapse events in US history
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoParts of the 1.6-mile, four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed into the...