Bridge Failure Database
Pont de Giers, Givors (River Rhone)
| Year | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | France (10) |
| Cause | Natural hazard (Flooding) |
| Details | Heavy rain increases water level and thus destroys foundations |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Reference | http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php |
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