CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Highways marked the 55th anniversary Thursday of the collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history.

The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed at around 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 1967. According to a press release […] WVNS Bluefield ...

Forty-six people when the Silver Bridge collapsed on Dec. 15, 1967. ... The failure sent the bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, into the Ohio River.

FILE- In this Dec. 15, 1967 file photo, a diver prepares to inspect the wreckage from the Silver Bridge collapse in Point Pleasant, W.Va. Fifty years ago Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, the collapse of the ...

The crowd gathered to remember the collapse of the Silver Bridge. The Point Pleasant Register the day after the disaster December 15, 1967 the span over the Ohio River was weighted heavily with a ...

Some believe that Mothman is an Indian omen, sent to warn the city of impending doom coming as the result of an ages old curse put on Point Pleasant by Shawnee War Chief Cornstalk in the 1700s. On ...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. -- Tuesday marks the 48th anniversary of the Silver Bridge collapse, killing 46 people and changing a small West Virginia town forever. It happened Dec., 15, 1967 during rush ...

MASON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – It’s time once again for all things spooky and paranormal to descend upon the small river city of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, for the annual Mothman Festival. This ...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. - The 15th of December will most likely always be a hard day for the residents in Mason County, West Virginia, and Gallia County, Ohio.

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WCHS) — Eyewitness News' Daniel Burbank explored the 20th annual Mothman Festival in Point Pleasant, West Virginia where people from around the globe traveled to celebrate ...

In a single-point bridge failure, one component breaks and brings down an entire structure. See how this happened 52 years ago to West Virginia’s Silver Bridge. Transcript ...

West Virginia’s Mothman Leads Cryptid Renaissance. ... The town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, ... The creature had laid low since the deadly collapse of the Silver Bridge in December 1967.