Bridge Failure Database
Bridge over motorway in Concord, North Carolina
| Year | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Type | Foot |
| Country | United States (108) |
| Cause | Overloading |
| Details | Bridge snapped in half as tens of thousands of people left a motor speedway event on Saturday evening and were crossing over it |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 107 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | North America |
| References | http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/bridge.htm http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php CEDERQUIST S. C. , Motor speedway bridge collapse caused by corrosion, Materials Performance, Vol. 39, No. 7, 2000, pp. 18-19 |
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