The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed at around 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 1967.

1967 collapse of Silver Bridge on Ohio-West Virginia border among the nation's deadliest.

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The Silver Bridge was an eye bar-chain suspension bridge that was built in 1928 and connected Point Pleasant to Gallipolis, Ohio. On December 15, 1967, the bridge collapsed due to the failure of a ...

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Silver Bridge collapse On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge in West Virginia suffered a catastrophic fracture in its steel suspension chain links, causing the bridge to collapse in 20 seconds.