On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge connecting Point Pleasant ... The collapse became the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history. Each year on the anniversary of that tragic night, the ...

The Silver Bridge collapse not only changed Point Pleasant, but also American infrastructure. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968, passed in the wake of the disaster, created the first national ...

(Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Highways marked the 55th anniversary Thursday of the collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, the deadliest bridge disaster in ...

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- All lanes of traffic on the Silver Bridge connecting Gallipolis and Point Pleasant are back open Monday morning. Mason County 911 dispatchers say a semi truck heading ...

Here's a look back at that disaster and other bridge fires and ... when it became subject to significant debris loading Silver Bridge span from Gallipolis collapses into Ohio River on Dec. 15 ...

Maybe it was a coincidence that the inspection and partial closure of the East End bridge across the Ohio River wrapped up a few days before the 57th anniversary of the Silver Bridge disaster.