The Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Spanning Tampa Bay - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Spanning Tampa Bay write by Nevin D. Sitler. This book was released on 2013-02-26. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge: Spanning Tampa Bay available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of the more than 5,200 bridges in the state of Florida, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning scenic Tampa Bay, is by far the most famous. But the award-winning bridge that residents and tourists cross on a daily basis isn't the first to hold the Skyway name. Numerous versions of the current bridge have stretched across lower Tampa Bay, and each has its own remarkable history. Nevin and Ric Sitler detail the suspension cables, concrete, nuts and bolts and political battles that combined to produce the fantastic history of the Skyway bridges and other historic Tampa Bay crossings. Join this father-and-son team on their journey across the historic bay.
New Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay, Florida
New Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay, Florida - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay, Florida write by . This book was released on 1986. New Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Tampa Bay, Florida available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Skyway
Skyway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyway write by Bill DeYoung. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Skyway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge--two ribbons of concrete, steel, and asphalt that crossed fifteen miles of open bay. Suddenly, a violent weather cell reduced visibility to zero at the precise moment when Lerro attempted to direct the 20,000-ton vessel underneath the bridge. Unable to stop or see where he was going, Lerro drove the ship into a support pier; the main span splintered and collapsed 150 feet into the bay. Seven cars and a Greyhound bus fell over the broken edge and into the churning water below. Thirty-five people died. Skyway tells the entire story of this horrific event, from the circumstances that led up to it through the years-long legal proceedings that followed. Through personal interviews and extensive research, Bill DeYoung pieces together the harrowing moments of the collision, including the first-person stories of the survivors, and remembers those whose lives were cut short by the events of that fateful day. Similarly, DeYoung details the downward spiral of Lerro’s life, his vilification in the days and weeks that followed the accident, and his obsession with the tragedy well into his painful last years. DeYoung also offers a history of the ill-fated bridge, from its construction in 1954, through the addition of a second parallel span in 1971, to its eventual replacement. He discusses the sinking of a Coast Guard cutter a mere three months before Skyway collapsed and the Department of Transportation’s dire warnings about the bridge’s condition. The result is a vividly detailed portrait of the rise and fall of a Tampa Bay landmark.
Skyway
Skyway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyway write by William Leonard DeYoung. This book was released on 2013. Skyway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of the decisions that led to and the aftermath of the worst bridge collision in U.S. history, the impact of the Summit Venture with Tampa Bay's Skyway bridge in 1980.
Skyway Down
Skyway Down - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Skyway Down write by Shirley Dowling. This book was released on 2019-08-26. Skyway Down available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The year 1980 was a year of two maritime tragedies in the Tampa Bay area of central Florida. In January two ships, the Coast Guard buoy tender, U.S.S. Blackthorn and the tanker, S.S. Capricorn collided just 1500 yards west of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, taking the Coast Guard cutter to the bottom of the 50-foot channel. Twenty-three young sailors lost their lives that night. Three months of hearings in the wake of this horrific accident followed, bringing together a young female news reporter from an independent television channel in St. Petersburg and a Boston attorney, on assignment in defense of the tanker Capricorn. A courtship developed into a serious romance as the hearings continued until May 8, at which time a verdict was handed down. In the early morning of May 9, during a severe storm in which all ships in those waters were blinded by the rain and dense fog, the Sunshine Skyway bridge was rammed by the freighter M.V. Summit Venture, collapsing 1200 feet of the bridge and taking 8 vehicles to the bottom of the channel with her. Thirty-five people died in the 150-foot deadly plunge. This is their story.
