Mystery AtlasSilver Bridge Collapse
The 15 December 1967 structural failure of the US 35 highway bridge across the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, killing 46 people; the National Transportation Safety Board traced the cause to stress-corrosion cracking in a single suspension-chain eyebar, unrelated to the Mothman sightings that ended around the same time.
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Places
Silver Bridge Collapse occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Documents & Sources
Silver Bridge Collapse is mentioned in The Mothman Prophecies.
Creatures & Figures
Silver Bridge Collapse is frequently explored with Mothman — The two events share a town and a rough 1966-1967 timeframe and are almost always discussed together in popular retellings, despite no documented causal link.