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On May 9, 1980, disaster struck as a cargo ship slammed into the Skyway Bridge. What followed was one of Florida’s deadliest infrastructure failures.
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Tampa Bay area bridges have been in the news recently. While the new Howard Frankland Bridge opened March 25, a national report released a week earlier said the Sunshine Skyway needs a "vulnerability ...
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The NTSB has recommended that 68 bridges, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, be assessed for the possibility of a collapse from vessel collision. The comes one year after the tragic incident in ...
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 ...
The NTSB has called for 68 bridges to undergo collision vulnerability assessments, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. FOX 13’s Kellie Cowan reports.
The NTSB also cited a Maryland state authority's lack of an assessment that may have prevented the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in ... of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse ...
The AASHTO standards were set in response to the NTSB’s recommendations after Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse in 1980. Homendy said Thursday that the board was recommending that the owners of 68 ...