Bridge Failure Database
Quebec truss bridge (St Lawrence River)
| Year | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | Canada (13) |
| Cause | Design error |
| Details | Buckling of bottom members during cantilevered construction phase |
| Fatalities | 74 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1900-1940 |
| Continent | North America |
| References | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. BAILEY et al., Niveau de sécurité requis pour l'evaluation des ponts-routes existants, Report Nr. 566, Union suisse des professionnels de la route (VSS), Zurich, 2002. http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/lists/historytechnology/successfailures.html http://www.iti.nwu.edu/links/bridges/disasters.html SMITH, D.W., Bridge failures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Vol. 60, 1976, pp. 367-382. |
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