Disasters: Collapse of the Silver Bridge
To those who suffer from gephyrophobia fear of bridges the alumi num-painted, 2,235-ft. span between Kanauga, Ohio, and Point Pleasant, W. Va., was a constant horror. Christened in 1928 as the Gateway to the South, it swayed sickeningly to every vagrant breeze so much so that Point Pleas ant Mayor D. B.