Bridge Failure Database
Ayato prestressed concrete bridge
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Japan (7) |
| Cause | Human error |
| Details | Incremental launch, when cantilevers coming from two sides are to be joined, differences in length appear, temporary construction to correct it leads to collapse of both cantilevers |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1941-1990 |
| Continent | Asia |
| Reference | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. |
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