Key West Bridge Collapse

That was the scene 40 years ago this weekend as weather and human error thrust the 602 foot freighter summit venture onto a collision course with the 15 mile long sunshine skyway bridge spanning.

Key west bridge collapse.

A 14 2 million pedestrian bridge was supposed to open in 2019 as a safe way for students to cross the busy thoroughfare. On march 15 2018 at approximately 1 45 p m a pedestrian bridge under construction in miami florida collapsed. Route 41 resulting in six deaths eight injuries and eight vehicles being crushed underneath. State says key west bridge will fully reopen.

The initial construction on the pedestrian bridge was located in front of the campus of fiu in university park a suburb west of miami florida united states and was in the process of post tension rod adjustment when it suddenly. The florida department of transportation said that on sept. Part of henry flagler s famous railway to key west it ran across nearly seven miles of open water to. On march 15 2018 a 175 foot long 53 m recently constructed section of the fiu sweetwater universitycity pedestrian bridge collapsed onto the tamiami trail u s.

25 2020 all four lanes of the cow key channel bridge in key west will reopen for drivers. But the structure crumbled to the ground on march 15 2018 while traffic. Cnn there have been a number of deadly bridge collapses through the years. When the old seven mile bridge was built it was an engineering wonder of the early 1900s.

The event began in 1982 to commemorate the completion of a federally funded bridge building program that replaced spans that oil tycoon henry flagler constructed in the early 1900s to serve as a foundation for his overseas railroad.