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The Silver Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans the Ohio River between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Henderson, West Virginia. The bridge was completed in 1969 as a replacement for the collapsed Silver Bridge, although it is located about 4,300 feet (1.3 km) downstream (south) of the original.
15 gru 2020 · December 15, 1967, was one of the darkest days in West Virginia history. Sadly, it was only the first of many tragic days that West Virginians would suffer. The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant with Gallipolis, Ohio, had opened to traffic in 1928.
10 sie 2024 · About a week before Christmas 1967, rush hour traffic crawled across the Silver Bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Dozens of cars sat bumper-to-bumper on the structure. Then, without warning, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River.
15 gru 2022 · On Dec. 15, 1967, 46 people died in the Silver Bridge collapse in Point Pleasant, but for West Virginia, it became more than just a tragedy.
14 gru 2022 · POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WV News) — Dec. 15, 1967 — One of the darkest days on record for longtime residents of Point Pleasant and Gallipolis, Ohio. It was just 10 days before Christmas when the Silver Bridge, which connected the two cities, collapsed, killing 46.
12 gru 2017 · In the fifty years since December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge disaster has loomed large in the memory and history of West Virginia and the United States. In Point Pleasant, the story of the disaster lives on in the local river historical museum and in a memorial at the former bridge site.
15 gru 2022 · Fifty-five years ago today, the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history occurred when the 2,200-foot Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant collapsed into the freezing waters of the Ohio River during rush hour traffic, killing 46 people.