Bridge Failure Database

Stone arch bridge between Nairobi and Mombasa (Ngailithia River)

Year 1993
Type Rail
Country Kenya
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Flooding destroys bridge, train drives onto collapsed bridge
Fatalities 144
Injuries 0
Phase in service
Period 1991-2009
Continent Africa
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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