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Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse: 44 years later | firstcoastnews.com
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 ...
WTSP1mon
Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse: 45 years later | wtsp.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 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 ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune2y
Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse photos on disaster's anniversary - 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 and Bradenton during a thunderstorm.
WESH1y
Florida bridge collapse: Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster of 1980 - WESH Channel 2
On May 9, 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter got lost in fog and slammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Skip to content. NOWCAST WESH 2 News at 11 PM.
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What those covering the Key Bridge collapse can learn from reports about the 1980 Skyway disaster - Poynter
Duato’s obituary says that she began work at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1954 when it was brand new. She kept that job for 33 years, until retirement and the opening of the new bridge in 1987.
The New York Times1y
How Fenders Might Have Protected Against Bridge Collapse
Island barriers were installed around the Sunshine Skyway Bridge piers in Tampa Bay, Fla., after a ship crash caused the span’s collapse in 1980. Sunshine. Skyway. Bridge. Tampa Bay. Pier.
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Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse: 45 years later | 11alive.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 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 ...