Talk:Sunshine Skyway Bridge

message: How's this for layout? --SPUI 08:46, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Layout layout

message: I know it isn't the thing to be most proud of, but in Pinellas County people say after Golden Gate that the Skyway is the 2nd most jumped off of bridge. Other sources say third... Can someone nail down a real statistic and include that in the article? There are even webpages out there which track jumpers. JoeHenzi 18:42, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suicide Bridge 

message: I need help with this InfoBox. Items have been added that are not reflected. Thanks Tampa Gator
::Actually that field has not yet been defined at Template:Infobox Bridge.  I don't see any reason not to include a field for the toll, so I'll just add that as an optional field.  Cacophony 05:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info Box 

message: Just something I found.
*http://www.fhp.state.fl.us/misc/News/Related/FHPnews061505n.htm (reprint)
*http://forums.firehouse.com/showthread.php?t=70046 (reprint)
*http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/08/Tampabay/Waters_less_troubled.shtml
--Justanother 16:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New refs 

message: In the article, it says that 35 people were killed in the Summit Venture disaster, but then states that 40 white carnations were thrown over, "one for each person that died". Is there an explanation for this?
2601:D:A980:570:F422:D9C1:3BE5:6B75 (talk) 17:36, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It was vandalism via this edit in May 2011. People tried to clean it up but missed some of the changes. --Marc Kupper|talk 00:40, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistant Stats? 

message: *
Photos included.  Photos are assumed to be non-free.  davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:00, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible new reference 

message: It should be noted that contemporary reports state Capricorn was faulted for not sounding a whistle. ,  - The Bushranger One ping only 07:38, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whistles 

message: Frustratingly, it's strangely difficult to find sources to fix some of the current problems in the info box.  For instance, the bridge height is listed as 31 feet (Google search tells me it's over 400 feet, but won't give me a cite).  The clearance is listed as 93 feet, but various sites say it's about 190 feet.  And what is the "Below" number anyway?  I might just fix the clearance and remove the obviously-wrong overall height. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scalveg (talk • contribs) 22:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This had me curious so I did some trig calculations based on a sunrise picture I took. I have the tower height at 411 ft, road height at 186 ft, clearance at 176 ft. Measurement error is probably about 10%. Of course, you can't site me, this is a sanity check only. Mattman944 (talk) 04:48, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Info Box 

message: According to relatives the rumor was that Frederick R Barkley (1892-1963) won a contest to name the bridge. He was an Editor and Reporter in the Capitol and New York Times Correspondent from 1938-1946. Since he died in Nov 1963 the contest was for the original bridge but I cannot find any info.Sharontastet (talk) 14:43, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who came up with the name for The Sunshine Bridge? 

message: I'm trying to figure out why "Chip Callaway" redirects here. I can't find any references to this individual anywhere in the article or talk page. Marcberm (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , I did some Google searching and found this :  He was one of the people on the Greyhound bus that went into the Tampa Bay water during the bridge collapse. The name wouldn't be mentioned explicitly on here and it looks like the redirect was done for this intention. – The Grid (talk)  18:05, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chip Callaway 

message: Asking based on discussion and debate on what to do with Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore). Ernest Macomb (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if there's sufficient material for each bridge to have a separate article. That's kind of why it's grouped together. – The Grid (talk)  20:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh, dunno. It was a pretty major event, at least relative to the Goethals Bridge and the Tappan Zee Bridge, which actually do have two articles. Ernest Macomb (talk) 23:27, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I've long thought that while the info on two bridges are fine together, the 1980 collapse could be separated out into an expanded article. As stated, there's not much more to say about the bridges, but the description of the accident here is quite condensed imo. Zeng8r (talk) 10:53, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree with a separate article for the 1980 collapse but also I caution just because there's a separate article of one bridge collapse doesn't mean/dictate that other bridge collapses have to follow the same format. For instance, I-35W Mississippi River bridge incorporates the collapse because I imagine WP:EVENT applied. – The Grid (talk)  14:37, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but the bridge itself / themselves would warrant an article even if there had never been a tragedy, though admittedly it would be quite dull. The collapse also meets notability guidelines, as it was a major national news event which has locally been compared in import and shock to the 9/11 attacks. I'm not demanding that it be spun off into a new article, but I'd argue that it could be if someone has time to do it... which I unfortunately do not at the moment. Zeng8r (talk) 21:52, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I would support a separate article if it was made but I'm just saying this discussion came up due to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. – The Grid (talk)  13:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the old bridge and the new bridge have separate articles per [[WP:SPLIT]]?