ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six ...

A massive freighter, a deadly storm, and a bridge collapse that shocked the nation. On May 9, 1980, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge fell into the water, taking innocent lives with it.

The original Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which collapsed in 1980, opened just a few years before the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Robert Raiola, a senior underwater bridge inspector for FDOT in 1980, dove into the water to rescue people after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapsed in Tampa Bay.

Florida bridge collapse of 1980: Freighter crashes into Sunshine Skyway Bridge, killing 35 Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

While the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, it is not the first bridge to collapse in US history.

TAMPA, Fla. – For longtime Florida residents, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland triggered memories of the collapse of Tampa’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge. In 1980, a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Thursday marks 44 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six cars, a ...

How the Baltimore bridge collapse compares to the fall of Florida’s Sunshine Skyway The original bridge over Tampa Bay, which collapsed after a freighter hit it in 1980, opened just a few years ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Friday marks 45 years since the Sunshine Skyway Bridge tragedy. On May 9, 1980, a freighter struck a support column of the old bridge during the morning rush hour. Six ...