The Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse is one of the most tragic and haunting bridge disasters in U.S. history. On May 9, 1980, a freighter collided with a support pier during a violent storm, causing a ...

ABOVE: View archive video from the aftermath of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapseTuesday's Baltimore bridge collapse may remind many Floridians of a similar disaster that happened decades ago in ...

is drawing tragic comparisons to a similar bridge collapse in Florida 44 years ago. On the morning of May 9, 1980, a freighter slammed into the support columns of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge ...

According to the Associated Press, there have been 35 major bridge collapses from 1960 to 2015, which have claimed the lives of 342 people. One of those incidents was right here in Florida.

On May 9, 1980, disaster struck as a cargo ship slammed into the Skyway Bridge. What followed was one of Florida’s deadliest infrastructure failures. Newsom slammed for ignoring voters and ...

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses, rescue operations underway The incident brings back memories of a similar incident that happened in Florida when a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway bridge in 1980.

TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) - Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse is triggering some painful memories of a deadly bridge collapse in Florida. A survivor who was on the Sunshine Skyway when it was struck by a ...

The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge ... of Florida’s case against Big Tobacco, successfully defended John Lerro, the harbor pilot on the freighter that struck the Sunshine ...

For many Floridians, the collapse of ... span of the first Sunshine Skyway bridge was struck by the 19,734-ton freighter Summit Venture. Robert Raiola, a former Florida Department of ...

Reporting from MIAMI — A pedestrian bridge being built at Florida ... Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay. Figg’s statement Thursday said the company was “stunned” by the collapse ...