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A barge slammed into a bridge in Galveston on Wednesday, spilling oil into the bay and forcing a shutdown of the Texas span, officials said, in the latest accident involving prominent U.S ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
Scott City roadway bridge collapse Scott City, Missouri: United States: 25 May 2013: Concrete road bridge A Union Pacific train T-boned a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train outside of Scott City, Missouri, at approximately 2:30 am. The impact caused numerous rail cars to hit a support pillar of a highway overpass, collapsing two sections of the ...
A bridge near Galveston, Texas, that was damaged last week when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat has reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic after safety inspections deemed it ...
I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US: Bridge: 13 dead, 145 injured 2007: Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction: Hunan, China: Bridge: 50+ dead, ~90+ injured 2007: Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge: Cần Thơ, Vietnam: Bridge: 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured 2007: Estádio Fonte Nova ...
Construction on the Rainbow bridge, a cantilever truss bridge, began in 1936.It was contracted under the guidance of the Texas State Highway Department.Due to concerns by the upstream city of Beaumont about the bridge posing a threat to ship navigation, the Rainbow Bridge was built with a 680-foot (210 m) main span.
The Texas Department of Transportation had been scheduled in the summer of 2025 to begin construction on a project to replace the bridge with a new one. The project was estimated to cost $194 million.
The State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River replaced a suspension bridge that collapsed on January 15, 1934. The former bridge had been opened as a toll bridge in July 1927. It was purchased by Oklahoma and Texas for use as a free bridge. [3] It collapsed in a storm after the swinging bridge's wire cables became twisted and snapped. [3]