Tasman Bridge disaster
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On the evening of 5 January 1975, the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island
Tasman Bridge from east following collision, 1975
View of the bridge as it stood in 2006
The Tasman Bridge after the collision
Tasman Bridge crossing the River Derwent at Hobart, pictured on 13 August 2024
On March 26, 2024, the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States
Tasman Bridge disaster
…This disaster shares some common features with the Skyway Bridge collapse in Florida in 1980, the I-40 bridge disaster in Oklahoma in 2002, and the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore in 2024, all three involving collisions with ships. When river traffic "comprises large vessels, even at low speed, the consequences of…
Dali under one of the collapsed segments of the bridge
Upstream view of the bridge in 2015; Dali hit the fourth pier from left.
MV Dali immobilized by the wreckage
2016 photo of the pier struck by the ship