Notable Collapsed Suspended-deck Suspension Bridges
- Silver Bridge, Point Pleasant, West Virginia – Eyebar chain highway bridge, built in 1928, that collapsed in late 1967, killing forty-six people.
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge, (USA), 853 m – 1940. The Tacoma Narrows bridge was vulnerable to structural vibration in sustained and moderately strong winds due to its plate-girder deck structure. Wind caused a phenomenon called aeroelastic fluttering that led to its collapse only months after completion. The collapse was captured on film.
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