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Bridge Failure Database

Stone arch bridge in Flensburg (over railway lines)

Year 1923
Type Road
Country Germany (55)
Cause Design error
Details Too less thought out sequence of dismantling scaffolding
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse complete
Phase construction
Period 1900-1940
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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