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The Norris Bridge is 11,237 feet (3,425 m) long, [1] and provides a Mean High Water clearance of 110 feet (34 m) under the center span with a channel depth of over 60 feet (18 m). The bridge is maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation. When first opened, the bridge was crossed by just over 1,000 vehicles per day, on average.
D.C. firefighters said a vehicle plunged into the Potomac River after being involved in a crash the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Police are investigating whether wintry weather played a role in the ...
The Oklahoma State Patrol said Saturday that it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over Arkansas River. Troopers closed South U.S. Highway 59 about 1:25 p.m. after ...
Wyatt–Shinston–Cheat Mountain, West Virginia: 100–103 deaths; Wellsburg, West Virginia/Oakland, Maryland: 30 deaths; Pittsburgh–Somerset, Pennsylvania: 17 deaths; 134 1960 1960 New York mid-air collision: Accident – aircraft New York City, New York: 134 1967 1967 USS Forrestal fire: Fire (ship) Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam >$72,000,000 132 ...
The I-40 bridge disaster was a bridge collapse that occurred southeast of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, United States at 7:45 a.m. on May 26, 2002. Freight barges being transported on the Arkansas River collided with a pier supporting the Interstate 40 road bridge crossing the river. The resulting failure of the supports caused a section of the ...
An Oklahoma man was abducted and forced to jump off a bridge into traffic while bound with duct tape, authorities said. The Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office was called to an area near the Deep ...
Fifteen train cars derailed when a bridge over the Dhave River collapsed, with two cars and an unknown number of people falling into the river. 130 bodies were recovered, but the full death toll is unknown. Chubut River Bridge disaster Chubut River, Chubut Province: Argentina: 19 September 2002: Pedestrian suspension bridge