40 years later, Frankie VanDeBoe and Steve Yerrid present a new documentary The Skyway Bridge Disaster relives that unforgettable day and its aftermath, taking viewers onto the bridge, inside the ship and into the courtroom through the experiences of the people involved, local leaders, and Yerrid...
In the first technique, the dynamic impact loads, the nonlinear dynamic responses and failure behaviors of both bridge structure and impacting vessel such as the crush deformations are quantified considering detailed collision mechanics and nonlinear interactions between the high-resolution FE models of im...
Mianus Bridge Disaster 1983 7. Sunshine Skyway Bridge Florida, 1980 Deaths: 35 On the morning of May 9, 1980, a sudden squall engulfed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning the mouth of Tampa Bay south of St. Petersburg,Florida. With its radar down, the nearly 20-ton freighterMVSummit Ventu...
The same situation hadn’t boded well in Boston, and I could only hope this didn’t portend a repeat of that near-disaster. Turns out I was right to worry. I drank plenty of water, then polished off a quiet breakfast of peanut butter toast, coconut yogurt and granola in a dining ...
The same situation hadn’t boded well in Boston, and I could only hope this didn’t portend a repeat of that near-disaster. Turns out I was right to worry. I drank plenty of water, then polished off a quiet breakfast of peanut butter toast, coconut yogurt and granola in a dining ...
In the end, it’s a story about rebuilding after a disaster, getting the job done despite delays and wrong turns, and ultimately the very human process of using steel and concrete to make a dream a reality. “The Bridge So Far — A Suspense Story” was sponsored by the Professional Engi...
Three minutes later, at 1:27 a.m., the vessel struck a pylon of the bridge, and nearly the entire structure of the span crumbled into the water within seconds. The disaster may be the worst U.S. bridge collapse since 2007, when a design error caused the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis ...
Yoshi jumping on a springboard in Star-Crossed SkywayIn Mario Party: Island Tour, a springboard briefly appears on the Star-Crossed Skyway board, where the player jumps onto it to launch themselves to the fourth area of the board after the third Star Stage. ...
Rainbow Question Mark Mar 8, 2024, 9:14 AM One of Toriyama's greatest contributions. May he rest in peace.
When the Bay Area takes that direct hit from a major quake, many of its roads, bridges and airports will be devastated. People will die. Survivors will depend on a disaster route that connects to the outside world. The Bay Bridge will be the heart of it. ...