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Gallery: The collapse of the Silver Bridge

Dec 07, 2007 @ 03:52 PM

By The Herald-Dispatch

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Photos related to the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant and its collapse on Dec. 15, 1967.

Thirty-seven vehicles were on the bridge when it fell into the Ohio River. Forty-six people died and nine others were seriously injured.

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