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A ship collision with the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the U.S. state of Georgia resulted in a bridge collapse , which killed ten people.
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Sidney Lanier Bridge
Cable-stayed bridge in Brunswick, Georgia, United States
The Sidney Lanier Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. The bridge is named after Georgia-born poet Sidney Lanier and carries part of U.S. Route 17 in Georgia. It was also the name of an earlier bridge which was next…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse
Ship collision event in Brunswick, Georgia, US
On November 7, 1972, at 9:50 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)