1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse

When

7 Nov 1972

Kind

Event

Coordinates

31.12° N, 81.49° W

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1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse: a cargo ship collision with the original Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River (Georgia) results in a bridge collapse which kills ten people.

Ship collision in Brunswick, Georgia, US

On November 7, 1972, at 9:50 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of the bridge and caused 24 people and ten motor vehicles to fall into the river. Ten people died and eleven others sustained injuries.

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