Bridge Failure Database
Brohtalbridge, segmental construction
| Year | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Germany (55) |
| Cause | Human error |
| Details | Incremental launch construction, not respected cover specifications (and thus bad compacted zones with holes) lead to concrete crushing when low prestressing cable position are over support, settlements |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| 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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