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Bridge Failure Database

Multiple stone arches bridge between Milan and Bologna

Year 1982
Type Rail
Country Italy (9)
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Scour leads to loss of 2 piers, 3 arches destroyed
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
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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