The bridge took 46 lives … The Collapse of the Silver Bridge Written by J.R. Manning. Point Pleasant Silver Bridge Collapse Part 3. It was the first eye-bar suspension bridge in the US. It served the communities of Point Pleasant, WV and Gallipolis, OH until December 15, 1967 where it collapsed tragically during rush hour traffic. The Point Pleasant/Ohio River/Silver Bridge legend is famous for the huge winged thing with glowing red eyes.

The bridge in back is a railroad bridge, which is still standing.
The two bridge at top are the Silver Bridge, which was built in 1928 and collapsed Dec. 15, 1967, killing 46 people. The Silver Bridge, which connected Point Pleasant with Gallipolis, Ohio, had opened to traffic in 1928. If you have seen the movie about the Silver Bridge, then it would not be a far stretch for you to assume at this point in the narrative, on Dec. 15, 1967, that the Man from Mansfield had some sort of supernatural encounter. It was the first bridge in the nation to use an innovative eyebar-link suspension system rather than a traditional wire-cable suspension. Other bridges, in the wake of the collapse, were examined and retrofitted with better parts, and Silver Bridge’s sister bridge in nearby St. Mary, West Virginia, was decommissioned shortly after, in 1971.

The Silver bridge was later replaced by the "Silver Memorial Bridge", which was completed in 1969. The fall of the bridge is examined, including the National Bridge Inspection Standards that were created as a result of its collapse.

The Silver bridge was also nearly forty years old, poorly maintained and for many years had been carrying far more traffic than it was designed for. This historical event of The Silver Bridge Collapse impacted the Mothman urban legend. Just after 5pm on December 15, 1967, Charlene Wood pulled onto the bridge. The title of this segment is "The Collapse". The failure of this single point triggers an unexpected domino effect, causing the entire bridge to collapse. Yet for all the heavy documentation, one colorful theory suggests as the cause of the bridge collapse a bit of West Virginia folklore. On December 15, 1967 at approximately 4:50 PM, while packed with cars during rush hour, the Silver Bridge that crossed the Ohio River between Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Kanauga, Ohio, collapsed. The Silver Bridge collapse saw everyone's worst fears of bridges come true, but also inspired a new wave of policies to prevent it from happening ever again.

The Silver Bridge was a suspension bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia to Gallipoli, Ohio. Mothman sightings came to stop after the Silver Bridge collapse, leading to the theory that the Mothman and the bridge disaster were directly related.

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