On This Day in West Virginia History, December 15th
December 15, 2022
Mountaineer News
Vintage West Virginia
The Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant collapsed on December 15, 1967, resulting in the deaths of 46 persons.
Learn more: Silver Bridge Disaster "'I Looked Up...the Bridge Disappeared,' Teachers Says" "Bridge Fell Like Card Deck; Fantastic, Witnesses Relate" "25 Years Later, Bridge Collapse Still Haunts W. Va. Town" "Pt. Pleasant Span Collapses, 70 Vehicles Plunge Into River" Traffic Data Sheet, Silver Bridge Disaster "The Collapse of the Silver Bridge" Sources on the Silver Bridge Disaster Photographs of the Silver Bridge Disaster Document-Based Questions
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