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This is the final highway accident report (NTSB-HAR-71-1) from the National Transportation Safety Board, adopted in December 1970. It covers the collapse of the U.S. 35 bridge between Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Kanauga, Ohio, on December 15, 1967, which killed 46 people. The Board found that the cause was a cleavage fracture in eyebar 330 at joint C13N. That fracture grew from a flaw produced over 40 years by stress corrosion and corrosion fatigue, in a spot that could not be seen or found by inspection.
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## VIII. REFERENCES 1. Scheffey, C. F.; "Interim Report, Structural Analysis and Tests Working Group," dated September 1968, Point Fleasant Bridge Investigation, National Transportation Safety Board file SS-H-2, Washington, D.C. 2. O'Connell, Joseph J., et. al.; "Collapse of U.S. 35 Highway Bridge, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, December 15, 1967," National Transportation Safety Board Report SS-H-2, dated October 4, 1968, Washington, D.C. 3. Wilkes, W. J.; "Interim Report, Bridge Design Review and History Working Group," National Transportation Safety Board file SS-H-2, Point Pleasant Bridge Investigation, Washington, D.C. 4. Schmieg, A. L.; "Report of Chairman, Witness Working Group," Point Pleasant Bridge Investigation, National Transportation Safety Board file SS-H-2, Washington, D.C. 5. Transcript of Public Hearing, "Investigation of the Collapse of the U.S. 35 Highway Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, December 15, 1967," held on May 7-10, 1968. Charleston, West Virginia; National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C. 6. Wilkes, W. J.; "Final Report of Chairman, Bridge Design Review and History Working Group," Point Pleasant Bridge Investigation, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C. 7. Wiles, E. G.; "Reassembly of Point Pleasant Bridge - Documentation of Structural Damage and Identification of Laboratory Specimens," Staff Report, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, Washington, D.C. 8. Hechtman, R. A.; "Preliminary Examination of Significant Fractures in the Wreckage of the Point Pleasant Bridge on the Ohio Shore," R. A. Hechtman & Associates Report to U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, dated February 19, 1968. 9. Hechtman, R. A.; "Further Examination of the Wreckage of the Ohio Side Span of the Point Pleasant Suspension Bridge," R. A. Hechtman & Associates Report to the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, dated April 30, 1968.
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