I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse
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i-5-skagit-river-bridge-collapse-175-4657128
title:
I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse
text:
On May 23, 2013, at approximately 7:00 pm PDT, a span of the bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington collapsed. Three people in two different vehicles fell into the river below and were rescued by boat, escaping serious injury. The cause of the catastrophic failure was determined to be an oversize load striking several of the bridge's overhead support beams, leading to an immediate collapse of the northernmost span. The through-truss bridge was built in
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wiki
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description:
Road bridge collapse in Mount Vernon, Washington
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-5_Skagit_River_bridge_collapse
date created:
2013-05-24T02:51:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T04:39:02Z
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