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On this day 43 years ago 35 people died when a ship struck the Sunshine Skyway bridge
Today is the 43rd anniversary of the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster. On this day in 1980 the freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge that joined St. Petersburg and Bradenton during a thunderstorm.
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45 years later: Remembering the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour.
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Sunshine Skyway set the standard for bridge protections. They weren't present in Baltimore
After a 606-foot freighter crashed into the southbound span of the Sunshine Skyway bridge in 1980, it caused a 1,200-foot section of roadway to collapse. It took years to build a new one.
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What those covering the Key Bridge collapse can learn from reports about the 1980 Skyway disaster
A defining news event for a generation of people living around Tampa Bay was the destruction of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, struck by an oil freighter during a stormy morning in May 1980.