Tappan Zee Bridge (2017-present) eastbound opened
Spanning the Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack in the U.S. state of New York, Tappan Zee Bridge is a twin cable-stayed bridge that was built to replace the original Tappan Zee Bridge, which was located just to the south. It has a total length of 16,368 ft (4,989.0 m) and its longest span is 1,200 ft (370 m).
2008 Channel Tunnel fire
On 11 September 2008, a France-bound Eurotunnel Shuttle train carrying heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and their drivers caught fire while travelling through the Channel Tunnel. The fire lasted for sixteen hours and reached temperatures of up to 1,000 °C (1,830 °F). Of the 32 people aboard the train, 14 suffered minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, and were taken to the hospital. Full service resumed in February 2009, after the completion of repairs costing 60 million euros. The fire was the third to force the tunnel's closure since its opening in 1994.
Collapse of the World Trade Center
The collapse of the World Trade Center occurred on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, after two commercial airliners hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists were deliberately flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City as part of the September 11 attacks. The towers' destruction caused major devastation throughout Lower Manhattan, and more than a dozen adjacent and nearby structures were damaged or destroyed by debris from the plane impacts or the collapses. The hijackings, crashes, fires and subsequent collapses killed an initial total of 2,760 people.
Bay Area Rapid Transit opened
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system with 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, which uses diesel multiple unit vehicles, and a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport.
Quebec Bridge collapse (1916)
The Quebec Bridge is a road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy and Lévis, in Quebec, Canada. The project failed twice during its construction, in 1907 and 1916, at the cost of 88 lives and additional people injured. It took more than 30 years to complete and eventually opened in 1919. The Quebec Bridge is a riveted steel truss structure and is 987 m (3,238 ft) long, 29 m (95 ft) wide, and 104 m (341 ft) high. Cantilever arms 177 m (581 ft) long support a 195 m (640 ft) central structure, for a total span of 549 m (1,801 ft), still the longest cantilever bridge span in the world.
