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Bridge Failure Database

By Country

Canada

Bridge between Victoria and Esquimalt, 1896
Quebec truss bridge (St Lawrence River), 1907
Quebec truss bridge, 2nd accident, 1916
Second Narrows (Gerber hinge) Bridge, Vancouver, 1927
Duplessis bridge, plate girder composite bridge, 2-span, between Montreal and Quebec (St-Maurice River), 1951
Dawson-Creek suspension bridge (Peace River), British Columbia, 1957
Second Narrows (Gerber hinge) Bridge, Vancouver, 1958
Arch bridge in Ottawa (Rideau River), 1966
Fraser River Bridge, New Westminster/Vancouver, 1975
Bridge in British Columbia, 1981
3-span arch bridge in Elwood, 1982
Composite bridge near Sept-Iles near Quebec, 1984
Wood trestle bridge near McBride, British Columbia, 2003
Viaduct Boulevard de la Concorde in Laval, 2006