Bridge Failure Database
Nordbrücke Düsseldorf
| Year | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Germany (55) |
| Cause | Human error |
| Details | Two ship cranes used for construction badly coordinated, load of 410t-girder transferred to just one of them. Insufficient crane capacity to carry double load. |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1941-1990 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Reference | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. |
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