EADS BRIDGE: 50 INJURED
April 14, 1998: The tugboat Anne Holly, which was traveling in the port of Saint-Louis, struck the central span of the Eads Bridge. Eight barges broke away. Three of them hit a gambling boat permanently moored under the bridge. Fifty people were slightly injured.
September 22, 1993: Barges pushed by a tugboat in heavy fog struck and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama. Minutes later, an Amtrak train with 220 people on board reached the displaced bridge and derailed, killing 47 people and injuring 103 others
SEEBER BRIDGE: 1 DEAD
May 28, 1993: The tugboat Chris, pushing the empty barge DM3021, struck a pillar of the Judge William Seeber Bridge in New Orleans. Two spans and the two-post bridge collapsed onto the barge. Two cars carrying three people fell with the deck of the four-lane bridge into a canal. One person died and two others were seriously injured.
SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE: 35 DEAD
May 9, 1980: The 609-foot cargo ship Summit Venture was navigating the narrow, winding channel of Tampa Bay, Florida, when the ship's radar was disrupted. The vessel sheared off a support of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, bringing down a 1,400-foot section of concrete roadway during the morning rush hour. Seven vehicles, including a bus with 26 people on board, fell 150 feet into the water. Thirty-five people died.
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