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
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
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
