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Bridge Failure Database

Soboth prestressed concrete bridge

Year 1970
Type Road
Country Austria (14)
Cause Human error
Details Collapse during cantilevered construction, prestressing bars badly put in place
Fatalities 3
Injuries 2
Collapse complete
Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
References SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.
SMITH, D.W., Bridge failures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Vol. 60, 1976, pp. 367-382.

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