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MV Summit Venture was a Japanese-built bulk carrier, built in 1976, which collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980, causing the partial collapse of the bridge, which killed 35 people. The ship was repaired and returned to service and was subsequently resold, trading as Sailor, Sailor I, KS Harmony and Jianmao 9.
USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge, resulting in 23 crew member fatalities. [1] [2] [3] An Iris-class vessel, she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota.
A Hialeah man has been charged with murder after authorities say he led police on a chase over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in a stolen car on Wednesday night and then caused a fatal crash, the ...
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect Pinellas County (St. Petersburg, Florida) to Manatee County (Terra Ceia, Florida). The current Sunshine Skyway opened in 1987 and is the second ...
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The collapsed bridge and MS Star Clipper: Sunshine Skyway Bridge: near St. Petersburg, Florida: United States 9 May 1980: Steel cantilever bridge The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay 35 killed, 1 injured
The Sunshine Skyway was closed to all traffic in both directions, and the eastbound lanes of the Courtney Campbell Causeway were closed, ... Howard Frankland Bridge reopens, Sunshine Skyway closed ...