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Bridge Failure Database

Bridge near Los Mochis between Mazatlan and Mexicali

Year 1989
Type Rail
Country Mexico (4)
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Flooding destroys bridge under load of passing train
Fatalities 103
Injuries 200
Phase in service
Period 1941-1990
Continent South America
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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