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Silver Bridge

The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 that carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.

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Collapsed
December 15, 1967
Constructed by
American Bridge Company
Crossed
Ohio River
Design
Suspension bridge
Design life
39 years (until collapse)
Designer
J. E. Greiner Company

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History of eyebar-chain bridge construction

Silver Bridge structure

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Wreckage analysis

Aftermath

Legacy

In popular culture

Silver Memorial Bridge

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Silver Bridge

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Silver Bridge

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related to Aftermath · 16
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related to External links · 15
Silver Bridge → Bridges, Culture, History, MB, National Bureau, National Institute, On This Day, Silver Memorial Bridge, Standards, Standards Determines Cause, Technology Virtual Museum Here, The Collapse, Tunnels, West Virginia Division, Wikipedia
related to history · 14
Silver Bridge → An, At, Budapest, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Germans, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Menai Strait, Other, Pittsburgh, Such, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Thomas Telford, Three Sisters, World War II
related to Further reading · 12
Silver Bridge → Arcadia Publishing, Bullard, Charles, Charleston, Civil Engineering, ISBN, May, Seim, Stephan, The Silver Bridge Disaster, Throughout History, Why Bridges Have Failed
related to Low redundancy, high strength · 12
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related to Rocker towers · 12
Silver Bridge → Although, And, Brazil, By, Early, Europe, Investigators, Ohio, Prior, The, They, West Virginia
related to Silver Memorial Bridge · 12
Silver Bridge → Central Ohio, Charleston, Gallipolis, Henderson, Ohio, Ohio River, Opened, Southern, The, The Silver Memorial Bridge, US, West Virginia
related to In popular culture · 11
Silver Bridge → Author Jack Matthews, Beyond, Bridge, Fortean, In, John Keel, Mothman, Operation Trojan Horse, The, The Mothman Prophecies, West Virginia
related to Legacy · 8
Silver Bridge → As, Henry Petroski, If, Instead, Petroski, Reviewing, To Forgive Design, Understanding Failure
related to Victims · 3
Silver Bridge → According, Additionally, Point Pleasant River Museum

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Silver BridgeCollapsedDecember 15, 19671.00infobox
Silver BridgeConstructed byAmerican Bridge Company1.00infobox
Silver BridgeCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Silver BridgeCrossedOhio River1.00infobox
Silver BridgeDesignSuspension bridge1.00infobox
Silver BridgeDesign life39 years (until collapse)1.00infobox
Silver BridgeDesignerJ. E. Greiner Company1.00infobox
Silver BridgeFollowed bySilver Memorial Bridge1.00infobox
Silver BridgeLocalePoint Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, United States Kanauga, Gallia County, Ohio, United States1.00infobox
Silver BridgeLongest span700 feet (210 m)1.00infobox
Silver BridgeMaterialSteel1.00infobox
Silver BridgeOfficial namePoint Pleasant Bridge1.00infobox
Silver BridgeOpenedMay 30, 19281.00infobox
Silver BridgePiers in water21.00infobox
Silver BridgeTotal length2,235 feet (681 m)1.00infobox

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