[Advance to content]

Bridge Failure Database

Ljubitschewo truss bridge

Year 1892
Type Road
Country Serbia (5)
Cause Design error
Details Design of joint of two compression members insufficient
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
Phase construction
Period before 1900
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

Note: This information is provided for reference only, and was compiled from publicly available sources which may contain inaccuracies. Neither Campbell Middleton nor Daniel Imhof nor the Bridge Owners' Forum make any guarantee as to the correctness, usefulness, or fitness for purpose of any of the data in these pages.