Bridge Failure Database
Bridge over E45 Highway, Northwestern Denmark, near Aalborg
| Year | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Denmark (3) |
| Cause | Design error |
| Details | An I-formed vertical support beam was unable to bear the pressure. The collapse of the one support beam set off a chain reaction causing the section over the eastbound lanes of the highway below to fall. |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 5 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Reference | http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20060628-00245500-bc-denmark-bridgecollapse.xml |
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