Could a Bridge Collapse Happen in Savannah or Brunswick? Georgia Ports Leaders Weigh In
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
After turning on or scanning the news this morning, some Brunswick, Georgia, residents may have shuddered at the image of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing after being hit by the cargo ship, Dali.
Fifty-two years ago, on the night of Richard Nixon’s landslide re-election, the SS African Neptune cargo ship crashed into the Sidney Lanier Bridge just after 10 p.m. Ten cars and 24 people plunged into the Brunswick River, among them a toddler-aged brother and sister who died along with eight other people. The bridge was struck again by a Polish freighter in 1987.
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