The Collapse of West Virginia's Silver Bridge

The Collapse of West Virginia's Silver Bridge | Atlas of Cursed Places

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The myth of the Mothman gained immense popularity after the collapse of West Virginia's Silver Bridge in 1967. Sam Sheridan decides to investigate what exactly happened that resulted in the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
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@NatGeo 3 жыл бұрын

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@kausarmahbuba8608 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite show

@zhrah1733 3 жыл бұрын

Where i can find the full documentries? I didn't find them in the link?

@dripdog1495 Жыл бұрын

my school makes me watch you

@scottreed8217 2 жыл бұрын

I had learned about this bridge back in my middle school engineering class. Now, as a truck driver, whenever I go from WV to Ohio, my route always takes me through Point Pleasant and past the Silver Bridge memorial.

@adlibby6448 3 жыл бұрын

Mothman didn’t cause the bridge to fall, he was an omen. He was warning that a disaster would come. Don’t make fun of him lol

@glennpineda3585 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaahhahaha

@JESUSARMANDORIVAS 2 жыл бұрын

The strange thing about this is this tragedy happened 13 months after the last sighting of mothman in the area And the cherry on the cake told you what it is? Esbon number 13 is the one that failed,The mothman was also seen days before the 2011 Japanese earthquake in the vicinity of the Fukushima nuclear plant flying over it and sat down to rest on the reactor that exploded after sitting on it. they looked at him 6 meters close to him After giving them the scare of their lives, the mothman passed over them, losing himself in the immensity of the dark sky.The last that is known about him is that he is being seen around O'Hare International Airport.

@bobpuslkr5025 Жыл бұрын

You fr think so ?

@debbiespencer7021 Жыл бұрын

No Its always been here and it's still here now. And there's more than one.

@Btemeeee Жыл бұрын

AdLibby,I was married to the Mothman, GRAFTON WV,bug green monster,Donald RAY EDWARDS Jr

@ransomprigg1047 3 жыл бұрын

The one thing they didn't mention is the weak link which was the one inch bolt that held the links together. It could have been up to a 6 inch bolt but they decided on One inch. When the one link broke the one inch nut popped off so that the entire connection came apart. If it had been secured with a 6 inch or even welded it would have stayed together till it could be repaired. So basically that entire bridge was held together with a one inch bolt. If someone came along with a one inch wrench and unscrewed that nut the entire bridge would have collapsed. Why didn't anyone see that?

@crystalglass7106 3 жыл бұрын

My Aunt Hilda, along with her children Cathy and Kim perished in this disaster. They were on they was to pick up my grandmother to go Christmas shopping. They never found Cathy.

@duncanidaho2097 3 жыл бұрын

@Crystal Glass-I’m so sorry. May they RIP.

@happyg.444 3 жыл бұрын

We had family and friends on the bridge also. There were so many Xmas packages and stuff in the water. The water was so murky and dark, it was hard to find people.

@JESUSARMANDORIVAS 2 жыл бұрын

2 person will never found

@PhoenixMoth Жыл бұрын

Sorry

@robertwhite9898 Ай бұрын

Oh My Gosh. How terrible🙏🙏🙏🙏

@The_Professor123 3 жыл бұрын

as a structural engineering student, im very positively surprised of this video

@MrLoobu 3 жыл бұрын

How so?

@Aaron25thinfantry 3 жыл бұрын

You think it's Mothman too?

@laurahall907 3 жыл бұрын

At the lowest bidder mindset, bottom line mentality that still resonates throughout the world?

@Aaron25thinfantry 3 жыл бұрын

@@laurahall907 being factious... chill 😂

@expertexcavatinginc 3 жыл бұрын

There was no curse, it was all human greed that causes these disasters. Cheap bridge collapses, predictable.

@DangerousVoltage 3 жыл бұрын

Probably a curse

@GiordanDiodato 3 жыл бұрын

oh please, we all know it was Mothman

@myname9252 2 жыл бұрын

A few have occurred. One was in 2007.

@sockshandle 2 жыл бұрын

You are aware that it was the city who commissioned the bridge and probably stipulated the price right? Nothing to do with greed but Rather to do with Penny Pichings

@GloriaJWimberley 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from West Virginia!🏞 (WV)✨😊✨

@Itinerant_Indian 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Mars 🙂🔴✨

@pmberry 2 жыл бұрын

"Dramatically reduced the redundancy" = zero redundancy.

@SGobuck 2 жыл бұрын

Seems like the wpa structures built during the depression turned out to be more durable than expected.

@allyk1933 3 жыл бұрын

The Silver Bridge opened in 1928, it collapsed in 1967. The description is incorrect lol

@tA_aT287 4 ай бұрын

The model bridge is incredible!!!

@travelchannel304 3 жыл бұрын

George Washington also warned folks not to disturb the Indigenous cultures burial grounds on at point pleasant. Hello from New Haven, WV. About 18 miles N. of Mothman territory..

@brainfm-relaxation 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, a lovely virtual walk, it's very relaxing. Thanks for sharing!

@Son96601 3 жыл бұрын

Things like settlement of supports due to poor foundation/soil conditions can actually lead to high stresses being developed in redundant structures.

@RaviKumar-xo6cp 3 жыл бұрын

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@NatGeo 3 жыл бұрын

We're happy you enjoyed it, Ravi!

@flukedogwalker3016 3 жыл бұрын

I love engineers, after a engineering disaster, they say it wouldn't have happened if they built it, but then, they take the same courses that the failed engineers did.

@ali902107364285418 3 жыл бұрын

For the most part it comes down to management and their greed on pinching each penny to cut budget and meet schedule. There are many stories in the past to where management even pressures the lead engineers to sign off of things while the engineers know that it may not be okay. Space shuttle Challenger is a great example of this regarding the O-ring issues with cold temps on day of launch, in school they literally have all engineers now take courses in ethics of engineering where they teach you to speak up or stand for yourself if you know something engineering related is not okay but upper management or anyone else is trying to cut corners for profit.

@ethanweeter2732 3 жыл бұрын

When this bridge was built, cars were not that common, so bridge traffic was minor. Now, nearly 40 years later, cars were very common and the bridge design became obsolete because it could not hand the traffic or the weather in West Virginia anymore. What actually needed to happen was build more redundancy into this bridge once traffic became heavier.

@sockshandle 2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanweeter2732 which doing so costs a LOT of money money that Point pleasant possibly didn't have it would have been Better to build another bridge to modern specs yet trying to keep it cheap as possible (Looking at it from city planers perspective)

@khe1shoots 3 жыл бұрын

The bridge collapsed faster than my grades💀

@aaryapurii3584 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

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National geographic your videos and narration is always amazing:)

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@truecrimedigest3053 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@terrecabigas3973 3 жыл бұрын

*How to build a strong bridge* NatGeo says: _Build one and then destroy it again and again until its indestructible_

@terrecabigas3973 3 жыл бұрын

It has been four months since I last watched NatGeo's videos... I missed it.

@Sour12003 Жыл бұрын

Back then what also effected this was the lack of knowledge in aerodynamics we know of today.

@alparslankorkmaz2964 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@Jojobizzare80 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@NatGeo 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, JC!

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@binyameenahamed1873 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@belisdidis3030 3 жыл бұрын

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@PapiCthulu2 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was the Mothman?

@happyg.444 3 жыл бұрын

There's no such thing. lol I lived in Pt. Pleasant. The town was dying and needed revenue and it was the "LSD" era and the rumours began.

@angeleav 3 жыл бұрын

Redundancy does not equal safety

@silverforest4682 3 жыл бұрын

No, but it does equal safer.

@SpeedomusicSM 3 жыл бұрын

Science, the ultimate

@LVXMagick 3 жыл бұрын

I live in West Virginia and it is almost Heaven!!

@WonderfulSkills 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy

@yogalejour7317 3 жыл бұрын

Helo from Bali

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@lohithagandham5219 3 жыл бұрын

Collapse is faster than my data speed

@ZleepyGirl Жыл бұрын

Can you guys please explain why you censored the mothman statue's crotch in the episode? There's nothing there to censor

@AzlianaLyana 3 жыл бұрын

Cutting costs don't usually end well.. If not now, later. 🙁

@cliffordmitch134 2 жыл бұрын

Well this so true an I'm gone be honest I seen this mothman thing I was on 95 on the highway in Richmond VA where I'm from an this fly it was flying pass the car one day an I seen it long enough to know that this video absolutely true an this thing is still alive I can not make this up I swear.

@cliffordmitch134 2 жыл бұрын

It was so big about 9 feet with wings big I've never seen anything like this in my life only one time if someone else seen it any where please speak up I don't want anyone think I'm crazy

@sanasyed7226 2 ай бұрын

Hello from INDIA Maharashtra POONA

@TimeTheory2099 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nat Geo. 👍 Sounds like someone in the state government was paid to look the other way, when it was built ?

@Thurston86 3 жыл бұрын

In the late 1920’s.

@silverforest4682 3 жыл бұрын

An engineer would have spotted the single points of failure any thrown out the design. NG shows what was wrong and uncovers the low bid coverup.

@TheAzmountaineer 2 жыл бұрын

No such inspection required in those days, and the bridge was built of a new harder metal that was touted as being so strong it didn't need redundancy. In fact, it was this bridge failure that caused President Johnson to push a bill to require bridge inspections every two years.

@Randomica 3 жыл бұрын

woa!!!

@drinkablepoison9874 3 жыл бұрын

Hellow from india

@bhuvaneswaripadmanabhan5539 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone from India? 😎👇😇😅

@kenkelvin4023 3 жыл бұрын

200 year old wooden bridge laughting at the back

@hassanfaraji3099 3 жыл бұрын

أنا الزبير من المغرب أقرأ بعشرة قرائات أريد ان أصبح قارئ عالمي😍

@thomasliptak9469 3 жыл бұрын

Did the picture of The Mothman they used have to be one with genitalia?

@MissGenesisSaga 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting theory about the lack of redundancy, but it was clearly the flying cryptid and curse of the Indian gravesite what caused the collapse.

@michaelauger1314 Жыл бұрын

Moffman didn't cost the collapse of the Silver Ridge on the ibars broke

@bluetorch7478 3 жыл бұрын

Chernobyl RBMK nuclear reactor was also cursed, by the cheapness of high ranking leaders.

@dboboc Ай бұрын

Too bad now National Geographic programs are more like reality shows.

@mranime97 2 жыл бұрын

It because of the Mothman end of the story.

@thegreenhatdudes6112 3 жыл бұрын

peach

@CreepingDeath27 3 жыл бұрын

I saw West Virginia and got scared and shocked. This is random

@cunceded-7949 3 жыл бұрын

word of the day. redundancy

@pgo2372 3 жыл бұрын

The word of the day is redundancy.

@FenrirFire18 3 жыл бұрын

The Mothman is real.

@justsomepersononyoutube9271 3 жыл бұрын

The bridge broke all of a sudden and poeple died the end

@agahajak 3 жыл бұрын

Salutations from North Korea

@plazters24 3 жыл бұрын

@rustydemz7919 Жыл бұрын

Okay, first of all, the Ohio River water ISN'T NEAR that clean. Okay! I mean, just sayin! 😆

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@PhoenixMoth Жыл бұрын

Hēllœ

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fird

@User_2_ 3 жыл бұрын

Am bored

@akk9196 3 жыл бұрын

Because capitalism seeks profit, not safety

@SGobuck 2 жыл бұрын

It's ok comrade, the Soviet structures are built using blood and bone as mortar, and they still fall apart like connor McGregor's leg

@refinedphenomena4078 3 жыл бұрын

The tall guy needs to quit smoking

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