Bridge Failure Database

La rasse steel truss bridge

Year 1907
Type Road
Country France (10)
Cause Design error
Details Insufficient anchorage and wind (incremental launch)
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
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Phase construction
Period 1900-1940
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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