A sudden squall sent the freighter Summit Venture into a support pier of Florida’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge, collapsing a 1,297-foot section of roadway into Tampa Bay. With thick fog hiding the missing ...
At 7:33 a.m. on May 9, 1980, the cargo ship Summit Venture was caught in a violent squall while approaching Florida's Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Blinding rain reduced visibility to roughly 500 feet, and ...