Sidney lanier bridge tornado. And so 11000 tons of floating steel slammed into the sidney lanier bridge on top of which many found themselves trapped. When the tornado struck throwing his truck into the school. Umoja spaulding l and ben butler run across the sidney lanier bridge to honor ahmaud arbery on may 9 2020 in brunswick georgia.
This tornado strengthened to ef3 status while in lanier county with maximum winds estimated around 140 mph. He was passing in front of lanier elementary school at 4782 thompson bridge road at about 630 am. The disaster occurred in the waning hours of nov.
The talmadge memorial bridge is 10032 feet 3058 km or 19 miles 31 km. The sidney lanier bridge is 7779 feet 2371 m. Walb storms swept through southwest georgia putting some counties like lanier and berrien under tornado warnings.
The national weather service nws will be surveying both. Ap at least five persons were dead and six more were missing early today after a loaded freighter the african neptune slammed into the side of the sidney lanier bridge and plunged a number of cars 80 feet into the brunswick river. Brunswick ga may 09.
The original sidney lanier bridge was opened june 22 1956 and was built by sverdrup parcel the same firm that designed the i 35w mississippi river bridge which collapsed in 2007. Take a walk under the sidney lanier bridge and read and see the history of brunswick ga. The last fragments of the two old bridges can be seen in the background.
Roads had to be cleared throughout the. The launch skids are still there from wwii where liberty ships were. Bridge view from patriots point july 2006.
On november 7 1972 the ship african neptune struck the bridge causing parts of the bridge to collapse and causing several cars to fall into the water. Highway 84 by the lanier county firerescue. Lanier county sheriff nick norton said power was still out thursday morning in some areas.
This is a continuation of the tornado that occurred in lowndes county.
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