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The Key Bridge opened in 1977 – three years before a similar vessel collision of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida, killed 35 people, and prompted bridge designers to implement better protections for foundation piers. HOW MUCH WILL THE BALTIMORE BRIDGE COST TO REPLACE? Federal of...
Experts say rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years.
The Whiz Kids shortstop had weathered a heart attack by then, but what happened to him on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida early that morning was a death encounter of the closest kind.Bill Conlin KnightRidder Newspapers
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The original Skyway was the site of two major maritime disasters over a four-month period. The first disaster happened because ships CANNOT maneuver freely in ship channels close to a bridge and a major port, and the USCG lost a ship and 24 souls IIRC. The second incident involved 35 peopl...
Due to my low opinion of Southeast Toyota in the port of Jacksonville FL, I checked. Sure enough, there is a suspension bridge, Dames Point Bridge, over the St Johns River. Happily, the Southern suspension tower is 'on the beach.' However, the Northern tower appears to be further in th...
Deadly Collapse, Riveting Details; Account of Tampa Bay Tragedy Includeshistory Spanning New and Old StructureByline: Lee Scott SKYWAY: THE TRUE STORY OF TAMPA BAY'S SIGNATURE BRIDGE AND THE MAN WHO...Scott, Lee
Due to my low opinion of Southeast Toyota in the port of Jacksonville FL, I checked. Sure enough, there is a suspension bridge, Dames Point Bridge, over the St Johns River. Happily, the Southern suspension tower is 'on the beach.' However, the Northern tower appears to be further in th...
The marine exposure in this case would be an obvious consideration. As would the recent earthquake and typhoon of course. I may be mis-remembering but corrosion was discovered in the cable stays of Tampa Bay's Sunshine Skyway in the mid-2000s. My recollection was that they determined that ...