1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse
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1972-sidney-lanier-bridge-collapse-175-16026318
title:
1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse
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On November 7, 1972, at 9:50 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of bridge and caused 24 people and ten automobiles to fall into the river. Ten people died and eleven others sustained injuries. The Sidney Lanier Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge which was notorious among seamen for being difficult
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1972 bridge collapse in Brunswick, Georgia, US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Sidney_Lanier_Bridge_collapse
date created:
2024-08-26T13:58:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T09:39:33Z
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