• The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia...
  • Silver Bridge was dubbed the “Gateway to the South” upon its opening, and residents on both sides appreciated its promise of better commutes and easier traveling.
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  • The American Bridge Company developed a new heat-treated carbon steel to use on the construction of the Silver Bridge.
  • Eerily, in the months leading up to the Silver Bridge collapse, multiple locals had reported seeing a mysterious creature in and around Point Pleasant.
  • Unlike three chain-link suspension bridges at Pittsburgh and others throughout the world, particularly in Europe, the Silver Bridge’s anchorages were, according to...
  • Narrator Following in the wake of the Silver Bridge disaster, one immediate legacy was that the Hi Carpenter Bridge was closed.
  • The Main Street in Point Pleasant, West Virginia led straight onto an eyebar-chain style suspension bridge named "The Silver Bridge", based on its aluminum paint...
  • With the Silver Bridge, however, the suspension chains hanging from the eyebars were also used to support the top of the bridge’s stiffening truss, a feature that...
  • The Silver Bridge Collapse killed more people than any other bridge disaster in history.