Bridge Failure Database
Hanshin elevated expressway (Kobe-Osaka highway)
| Year | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Japan (7) |
| Cause | Natural hazard (Earthquake) |
| Details | Earthquake (7.2 on Richter Scale), five sections of the expressway were tossed aside yet many of the concrete supports had been recently reinforced |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Asia |
| Reference | The big shock, The Sunday Times, 22 January 1995, p. 10. |
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