ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge — which connects Bradenton and St. Petersburg — was shut down in both directions Wednesday ...
The 1980 Skyway Bridge disaster remains one of the most dramatic structural collapses in U.S. history. Amid a blinding storm, the cargo ship Summit Venture veered off course and struck a critical ...
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — There’s a push to prevent tragedy from happening again. It’s been one year since the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. This week, the ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On the 45th anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, which claimed 35 lives, visitors gathered at the Skyway Memorial at the north end of the bridge to remember those ...