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Bridge Failure Database

Approach bridge on Cologne-Wahn Airport, beam-and-slab

Year 1995
Type Road
Country Germany (55)
Cause Design error
Details Scaffolding collapses under weight of fresh concrete
Fatalities 1
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
Phase construction
Period 1991-2009
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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