1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse

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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.

ID: 1972-sidney-lanier-bridge-collapse-1753076264379-d352fb

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