On May 9, 1980, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship in heavy fog. The disaster claimed lives and forever changed Tampa Bay’s history. Videos of Bernie Sanders ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg's Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida's tallest bridge, has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as one of 68 bridges that have an ...

“That was a terrible tragedy that occurred.” It took years to design and construct a new bridge over Tampa Bay. The Sunshine Skyway collapsed in 1980, but a new bridge did not open until 1987.

One bridge mentioned in the report was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, which was rebuilt after the original collapse caused by the “Summit Venture.” The NTSB has identified 68 bridges ...

The Key Bridge collapse led to the deaths of six construction workers and untold economic damages for the Chesapeake Bay ...

President Donald Trump attends the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The national hurricane conference ...

Bridge authorities should have known that ... catastrophic bridge collision— the collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida, in 1980. A 1,200-foot span of the bridge collapsed ...

The group developed the assessment standards in 1991 after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida, collapsed. Here's a map of where the 68 bridges are located throughout the country.

After the deadly Sunshine Skyway Bridge collision near Tampa in 1980, it took 14 years to finalize new bridge design standards. Every bridge built after that is designed to ideally avoid ship ...

AASHTO developed the assessment in 1991, after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida, collapsed. At the time, AASHTO recommended that bridge owners run the risk assessment, and the warning ...