Silver Bridge Victims Honored at Annual Memorial Service in Point Pleasant

Silver Bridge victims honored at annual memorial service in Point Pleasant

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The annual memorial service for the victims of the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse was held Monday, Dec. 15, at the Mason County Courthouse near the site of the memorial monument marking where the bridge’s on-ramp once…

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

The memories remain vivid, including for a man who lost his 27-year-old brother in our nation's deadliest bridge collapse.

State officials remember those who lost their lives in the Silver Bridge collapse

West Virginia leaders marked the Dec. 15, 1967 Silver Bridge collapse that killed 46, a tragedy that reshaped U.S. bridge safety. A single eyebar link failure exposed the need for national inspection standards, still guiding WVDOH’s mission today.