Bridge Failure Database
By Country
Germany
Steinbogen-Bridge, Munich (Isar River), 1813Donaustauf-Bridge near Regensburg, 1837
Hammer parabolic truss railbridge, 1869
6-span truss bridge near Riesa (Elbe River), 1876
Truss bridge near Frankfurt (Nidda River), 1892
Stargard RC arch bridge, 1894
Cornelius Bridge in Munich (Isar River), 1902
Heidelberg truss bridge, 1905
Herrenbrücke, Swing bridge near Lübeck, 1908
Prinzregenten Bridge in Munich (Isar River), 1910
concrete arch bridge near Deep (Rega River), 1913
Truss bridge near Prerow (Bodden River), 1913
Stone arch bridge in Flensburg (over railway lines), 1923
3-hinge concrete arch bridge near Aller (Sieg River), 1925
Gartz RC arch bridge, 1926
Bridge over Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin, 1936
Valley bridge Rüdersdorf near Berlin, 1938
Motorway bridge near Frankenthal, 1940
Hindenburg bridge in Cologne (Rhein River), 1945
All the bridges in the town of Bremen (Weser River), 1947
Bridge near Koblenz (Mosel River), 1947
Motorway composite bridge near Kaiserslautern, 1954
Nordbrücke Düsseldorf, 1956
Continuous truss bridge near Leer (Leda River), 1960
Continuous motorway bridge near Limburg, 1961
Heidingsfeld motorway composite bridge, 1963
Vorland Rees-Kalkar plate girder bridge, 1966
A2 bridge near Lichtendorf near Schwerte, 1968
Esslingen bridge, 1969
A1 Cable stayed bridge in Hamburg (Nordelbe River), 1970
Bridge near Wenigsen, Niedersachsen, 1971
Steel box girder bridge Koblenz (Rhine River), 1971
Continuous Hangbrücke near Koblenz (over Laubachtal), 1972
Bridge near Redwitz (Rodach River), 1973
Steel box girder bridge Zeulenroda, 1973
Vorland bridge Hochheim, 1973
Bridge near Kempten (Leubas River), 1974
Brohtalbridge, segmental construction, 1974
Timber truss Bad Cannstatt, 1977
13-span Rottachtal bridge near Oy, 1979
2-span bridge near Dortmund (over motorway A2), 1979
2-span composite bridge near Duisburg (over motorway A3), 1979
2-span continuous composite bridge near Sitensen (over motorway A1), 1979
Suspension bridge near Munster (Dortmund-Ems canal), 1980
Bridge in Munich (over Mittl. Ring), 1981
Bridge near Dedensen, 1982
Simple span, steel truss bridge, 1982
Bridge on DB-line Lohr-Wertheim near Kreuzwertheim, 1984
(Composite) Czerny bridge, Heidelberg, 1985
New (composite) Grosshessenlohe bridge, Munich, 1985
A3 bridge near Aschaffenburg (Main River), 1988
Approach bridge on Cologne-Wahn Airport, beam-and-slab, 1995
2-span bridge near Eschede (over railway line), 1998
Wuppertal Schwebebahn bridge (Wupper River), 1999
Bridges in Germany, 2002