Florida Keys Bridge Collapse

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.

Florida keys bridge collapse. 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. Aerial of the florida keys featuring the overseas highway and the seven mile bridge. The florida international university bridge collapse in miami killed six people. 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.

Florida law may protect. In 1935 that railroad was taken over. A final ntsb public hearing on the bridge accident was held october 22 2019 in washington d c and concluded that load and capacity calculation errors made by figg bridge engineers inc are the probable cause of the fatal march 15 2018 florida international university pedestrian bridge collapse in miami. Part of henry flagler s famous railway to key west it ran across nearly seven miles of open water to.

Surveillance video shows the moment a pedestrian bridge collapsed near florida international university. What florida bridge collapse report leaves unexplained the transportation board describes figg s alleged design flub without filling in the why a slide from the ntsb presentation of oct. 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. But florida law might make it difficult to build a criminal case.