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‘It was scary’: Skyway Bridge recommendation for risk assessment stirs memories of collapse
The agency is now drawing attention to 68 iconic bridges nationwide that need urgent risk assessments, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. “I have confidence in the people that would follow up ...
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Chicago Skyway Bridge among 68 that should be assessed after Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: NTSB
The NTSB said the Chicago Skyway Bridge and Leo Frigo Bridge, north of downtown Green Bay, should have vulnerability assessments of the risk of collapse from a vessel collision. The Francis Scott ...
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NTSB flags Skyway Bridge as one of 68 bridges requiring risk assessment
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg's Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida's tallest bridge, has been identified by the National Transportation Safety Board as one of 68 bridges that have an ...
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Seeds of creativity to be planted at Skyway Elementary School
When student Jerren Bailey and Lake City High School art teacher Dawn Myers went to hang a banner Bailey had created for the ...
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Skyway Bridge could be evaluated for collapse risk
The NTSB has called for 68 bridges to undergo collision vulnerability assessments, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. FOX 13’s Kellie Cowan reports. Musk to Receive Top-Secret Briefing on U.S ...
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'It was scary': Skyway Bridge recommendation stirs up memories from 1980 collapse
It was scary': Skyway Bridge recommendation stirs up memories from 1980 collapse Donald Trump Announces Major Student Loan Change Study shows how long Social Security, $1.5M nest egg would last in ...
USA Today21d
Maryland officials should have known Key Bridge was vulnerable: NTSB
Risk assessment guidance Homendy says Maryland authorities should have followed was developed in response to another catastrophic bridge collision— the collapse of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in ...
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NTSB lists Sunshine Skyway Bridge among 68 bridges with ‘unknown levels of risk of collapse’
Other bridges could be in a dangerous state too. One bridge mentioned in the report was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, which was rebuilt after the original collapse caused by the ...
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NTSB says lack of 'vulnerability assessment' by Maryland officials preceded deadly Key Bridge collapse
The NTSB also cited a Maryland state authority's lack of an assessment that may have prevented the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in ... of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse ...
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NTSB Recommends Inspections For 68 Bridges In 19 States
For example, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a freighter struck it during a storm in 1980." The Sunshine Skyway collapse, which killed 35 people, prompted the new guidelines ...
The Baltimore Sun21d
Key Bridge investigation: Maryland could have assessed risks, prevented collapse, NTSB says
The AASHTO standards were set in response to the NTSB’s recommendations after Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse in 1980. Homendy said Thursday that the board was recommending that the owners of 68 ...
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Maryland officials failed to assess vulnerability of Francis Scott Key Bridge before collapse, NTSB says
AASHTO developed the assessment in 1991, after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida, collapsed. At the time, AASHTO recommended that bridge owners run the risk assessment, and the warning ...