Cars teeter on the edge of the Tasman Bridge after it collapsed on January 5, 1975. Picture: Don Stephens One of the Mercury’s first reports about the disaster was headlined “Families teetered ...

As Frank Manley drove onto the Tasman Bridge 50 years ago, he had no idea that a fully laden cargo ship had just crashed into it, leaving a 127-metre gap. It was a drizzly summer's evening ...

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