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By J. J. Prats, September 22, 2018
Silver Bridge Collapse Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On 6th Street at Main Street on 6th Street. |
| | Constructed in 1928, connected Point Pleasant and Kanauga, OH. Name credited to aluminum-colored paint used. First eye-bar suspension bridge of its type in the U.S. Rush hour collapse on 15 December 1967, resulted in 31 vehicles falling into the . . . — — Map (db m124202) HM |
| Near Ohio Route 7, 0.1 miles north of Georges Creek Road. |
| | The Silver Bridge Disaster
On December 15, 1967, about one mile downstream from this historic marker, a national tragedy occured. Forty-six interstate travelers lost their lives when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River during five . . . — — Map (db m244945) HM |
| On Main Street at 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Site of
Silver Bridge Collapse
when 46 lives were lost
Dec. 15, 1967
Mayor
John C. Musgrave
City Clerk
Patty Burdette
City Council
Jack L. Fowler • Harry N. Rhodes
Russell V. Holland • Leonard F. Riffle
Howard Lee Miller . . . — — Map (db m42654) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024