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Bridge Failure Database

Third Rialto Bridge, Venice (Canale Grande)

Year 1444
Type Foot
Country Italy (9)
Cause Overloading
Details Too many people on bridge during wedding of Duke of Ferrara
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse complete
Phase in service
Period before 1900
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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