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Bridge Failure Database

2-span continuous composite bridge near Sitensen (over motorway A1)

Year 1979
Type Road
Country Germany (55)
Cause Impact
Details Truck overtakes and looses control, impact on pier
Fatalities 0
Injuries 1
Collapse no
Phase in service
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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