Bridge Failure Database
Multispan masonry arch Ness viaduct in Inverness, Scotland
| Year | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Natural hazard (Flooding) |
| Details | Heavy floods washed multispan masonry arch bridge away, just after a freight trainhad passed over it |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1941-1990 |
| Continent | Europe |
| References | MENZIES, J.B., Bridge Safety Targets, Report for the Highways Agency, Ref : HA5021C, 1996. http://neil.fraser.name/writing/bridges/viaduct.html |
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