Site of I-40 Bridge Collapse-2002

USA / Oklahoma / Webbers Falls /
The I-40 bridge disaster was a bridge collapse that occurred in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma on May 26, 2002. Joe Dedmon, captain of the tugboat Robert Y. Love, experienced a blackout and lost control of the ship. This, in turn, caused the barge he was controlling to collide with a bridge support. The result was a 580-foot (176.78 m) section of the Interstate 40 bridge plunging into Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River. Fourteen people died when several automobiles and tractor trailers fell from the bridge.


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_I-40_Bridge_Disaster
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Coordinates:   35°29'12"N   95°5'49"W
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