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. The new ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — There’s a push to prevent tragedy from happening again. It’s been one year since the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore. This week, the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Thursday marks 44 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, an event that sent shockwaves across the Tampa Bay area. On May 9, 1980, the 19,734-ton Summit Venture freighter ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Thursday marks 44 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. Six cars, a truck ...

After the Sunshine Skyway bridge was hit by a freighter and collapsed in 1980, new protection measures were installed around the supports that hold the bridge up. Engineers put in place island-like ...

The 1980 Skyway Bridge disaster remains one of the most dramatic structural collapses in U.S. history. Amid a blinding storm, the cargo ship Summit Venture veered off course and struck a critical ...

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after it collapsed when struck by a container ship on March 26. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun/TNS) The MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed ...

The massive cargo ship that lost control and slammed into a major Baltimore bridge Tuesday was not the first to do so. The same bridge was also hit by a wayward cargo vessel in 1980. On Aug. 29 of ...

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. Six cars, a ...