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Bridge Failure Database

Vorland Rees-Kalkar plate girder bridge

Year 1966
Type Road
Country Germany (55)
Cause Design error
Details Temporary supports underdesigned
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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