Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse reminds Tampa of Skyway fall
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a ship and collapsed Tuesday, serving as an eerie reminder of the 1980 Skyway Bridge collapse in Tampa, Florida.
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Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a ship and collapsed Tuesday, serving as an eerie reminder of the 1980 Skyway Bridge collapse in Tampa, Florida.
The original Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which collapsed in 1980, opened just a few years before the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed early Tuesday, has some similarities to an incident in Tampa Bay in 1980.
Tuesday’s early morning collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after being struck by a cargo ship is reminding long-time Florida residents of the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse after it was similarly struck by a freighter nearly 44 years ago.
A world shipping association says there were at least 35 major bridge collapses worldwide from 1960 to 2015 due to ship or barge collision with a total of more than