WSAZ

Silver Bridge collapse anniversary | 58 years later, families still remember

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Fifty-eight years after the deadliest bridge collapse in United States history, for J.O. Miller, it still feels like yesterday. “There’s nothing I can do about it,” ...
WV MetroNews

Silver Bridge tragedy 58 years ago

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — While most people by mid-December are in full Christmas preparation mode, you’ll always find a tinge of sadness during those days around Point Pleasant, West Virginia. December ...
Yahoo

Community honors Silver Bridge collapse victims, 58 years later

Monday marks the 58th anniversary of the tragic Silver Bridge Collapse, and everyone, from the governor and the West Virginia Department of Transportation to the community at large, is remembering the ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Jim Ross: Keep Mothman out of Silver Bridge remembrance (Opinion)

Today, Dec. 15, 2025, is the 58th anniversary of the Silver Bridge collapse, which killed 46 people (or 47 if you count the fetus carried by a pregnant victim as a separate person). I attended the ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Morrisey, WVDOH honor anniversary of Silver Bridge collapse

CHARLESTON — West Virginia state leaders on Monday acknowledged the 58th anniversary of the Silver Bridge collapse, while reinforcing the national safety changes that followed the tragedy. “The ...
Morning Journal

West Virginia bridge collapse prompted inspection mandate

Retired truck driver Bill Needham poses at his home in Asheboro, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Needham was waiting to die in the frigid Ohio River after a bridge collapse in West Virginia 50 years ...