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Bridge Failure Database

3-span concrete 3 girder beam-and-slab Mathabhanga Bridge

Year 1978
Type Road
Country Bangladesh (2)
Cause Design error
Details No bottom reinforcement cover in pile caps, punching of piers
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse complete
Phase in service
Period 1941-1990
Continent Asia
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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