Florida Keys Bridge Collapse
Part of henry flagler s famous railway to key west it ran across nearly seven miles of open water to.
Florida keys bridge collapse. Sally tore loose a barge mounted construction crane which then smashed into the new three mile bridge over pensacola bay causing a section of the year old span to collapse. Surveillance video shows the moment a pedestrian bridge collapsed near florida international university. Part of a bridge collapsed in pensacola as 30 inches of rain and storm surge turned streets into white capped rivers wednesday after hurricane sally lurched ashore the gulf coast. The florida international university bridge collapse in miami killed six people.
In 1935 that railroad was taken over. Florida law may protect. Among the longest bridges in existence when it was built it is part of the overseas highway in the keys which is part of the 2 369 mile 3 813 km u s. We follow the highway 1 with aerial footage from islamorada to marathon.
But florida law might make it difficult to build a criminal case. Aerial of the florida keys featuring the overseas highway and the seven mile bridge. The seven mile bridge is a bridge in the florida keys in monroe county florida united states it connects knight s key part of the city of marathon florida in the middle keys to little duck key in the lower keys. The original seven mile bridge was part of a railroad the first solid transportation route built from southern florida to the keys by henry flagler in 1912.
