The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, officially referred to as the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, is a pair of long beam bridges with a central tall cable-stayed bridge. It spans Lower Tampa …

May 9, 2025 · ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Friday marked the 45th anniversary of one of the Tampa Bay area's worst tragedies, when a freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing part of …

May 10, 2024 · The 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter, fighting 60 mph winds with blinding fog and rain, slammed into the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. That’s when a chunk of concrete more …

Mar 21, 2025 · What happened next is almost impossible to imagine. A 1,200-foot section of the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway collapsed into the bay, dragging cars, trucks, and a …

May 6, 2020 · It was nearly 44 years ago that the storm-blinded freighter Summit Venture crashed into the support columns of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, causing a 1,200-foot span of the …

On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a truck and a Greyhound bus plunged into the water, killing 35 people. The …

Jun 11, 2024 · From 1960 to 2015, there have been 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision. On this episode of Florida Matters, we talk with two people involved in …

About 0734 on May 9, 1980, the Liberian bulk carrier M/V Summit Venture rammed a support pier of the western span of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida. As a result of the …

May 8, 2025 · May 9 marks the anniversary of when part of the original Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed into Tampa Bay after it was struck by a freighter during a storm. The crash sent …

The southern end of Tampa Bay itself is crossed by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, a 5.5-mile (8.9-km) cable-stayed bridge (completed 1987) that was built to replace an earlier bridge damaged …