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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 .
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.
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 ...
A bridge in southern China cut in half. Parts of a bridge cutting through the hull of a massive ship in Argentina. Three ships have hit bridges in different countries – in just three months.
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Ship Canal Bridge: Lake Washington Ship Canal: 1961 Washington: 181 ft (55.2 m) Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Tampa Bay: 1987: Florida: 180 ft (54.9 m) Deception Pass Bridge: Puget Sound: 1935: Washington: 178 ft (54.3 m) Fred Hartman Bridge: Houston Ship Channel: 1995: Texas: 177 ft (53.9 m) Rainbow Bridge: Neches River: 1936: Texas: 175 ft (53.3 m ...
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 ...
May 9 – United States – Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster. In Tampa, Florida, a cargo ship collided with a bridge pier, demolishing over 1200 ft. of the bridge and killing 35 people. June 5 – United States – A tour bus rolled off the highway near Jasper, Arkansas, killing 22 people and injuring 19. [75]