clipped from: www.poynter.org 2003: A 100-foot section of the bridge over the Napa River in California collapsed.
1989: In Tennessee, the Hatchie River Bridge collapsed. This collapse resulted in the National Transportation Safety Board recommending that the feds modify the National Bridge Inspection Standards. The board recommended follow-up or diver inspections of bridges with underwater parts that are unable to be examined during a bridge inspection because the water is too deep or murky.
1981: The GAO found that federal dollars were not going to the bridges that needed repair the most.
1967: A West Virginia bridge called the "Silver Bridge" collapsed. Forty-six people died. Here is more background on that one.
1932: The Sligo Creek Bridge collapsed in Takoma Park, Md.