Bridge Failure Database
By Country
Great Britain
Menai Strait (suspension) Bridge, Wales, 1839Yarmouth Suspension bridge, Norfolk, 1845
Iron Bridge in Cheshire (Dee River), 1847
Britannia and Conway Bridge, 1849
Bridge between Edinburgh and Dundee over Firth of Tay, 1879
Cast iron bridge Inverythan, Scotland, 1882
Cast iron bridge Norwood Junction, London, 1891
Strathglass truss bridge, Scotland, 1892
Thames Iron Works bridge, Blackwall (London), 1898
Carr (masonry) bridge, Baddengorm Burn, 1914
11-span bridge leading to Sheppey-Island (Swale River), 1922
St John's Bridge, London, 1957
Barton bridge, Lancashire, 1959
Crediton Bridge, Devon, 1960
Severn Railway Bridge, multiple span, 1960
Fife bridge, 1962
Calder Bridge, Yorkshire, 1967
Bickton Meadows Footbridge in Hampshire, 1967
Britannia tube bridge (Menai Straits), 1970
Cleddau Bridge, Milford Haven, 1970
A329 dual carriageway viaduct over the River Loddon at Woodley near Reading, Berkshire, 1972
Drimsallie Bridge, Inverness, Scotland, 1973
Bridge over M62, 1975
Suspension bridge near Bristol, 1978
Ynys-y-Gwas Bridge in West Glamorgan, 1985
Glanrhyd Railway Bridge, near Llandeilo, Wales (River Towy), 1987
Multispan masonry arch Ness viaduct in Inverness, Scotland, 1989
Staples Corner Flyover (A406), 1992
Five-span bridge at Forteviot, 10km south of Perth (May River), 1993
Historic wood and metal bridge at Codsall Railway Station, 2005
Bridge over River Crane (Bridge No. 3/48) near Feltham, 2009
