Bridge Failure Database

Interstate 5 Bridge in Los Angeles, California

Year 1994
Type Road
Country United States (108)
Cause Natural hazard (Earthquake)
Details Earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale
Fatalities 1
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
Phase in service
Period 1991-2009
Continent North America
Reference 24 die as quake strikes LA, The Guardian, 18 January 1994, p.11+24.

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