Bridge Failure Database
By Country
United States
Cable suspension bridge near Wheeling (Ohio River), 1854Cable suspension bridge Lewiston-Queenston (Niagara), 1864
Ashtabula (cast iron) bridge, Ohio, 1876
Truss bridge near St. Charles (Missouri River), 1879
2-span truss bridge near Fish's Eddy, New York, 1886
Bridge near Louisville, Nashville (Alabama River), 1887
Bussey bridge near Forest Hill (Boston), 1887
Small wooden bridge in North Chatsworth, Illinois, 1887
Staunton Bridge, Virginia, 1887
Bridge in Chicago, 1892
Covington Bridge, 1892
Chester truss bridge, 1893
Louisville truss bridge, 1893
Bedford Bridge, Ohio, 1896
Bridge near Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1897
Porter's Draw timber railroad bridge, north of Pueblo, Colorado, 1904
3 arches Auburn bridge, California, 1911
Glen Loch bridge, Pennsylvania, 1912
Coos-Bay-bridge Oregon, 1924
Ohio Falls truss bridge, 1927
Poughkeepsie suspension bridge, 1927
4-span beam and slab bridge (Anacostia River), 1933
Steel truss bridge near Manassas, Virginia, 1937
Truss bridge near Pagosa Springs in Colorado, 1937
Whiteson Bridge near Minnville, Oregon (North Yamhill River), 1937
Bridge near the Niagara Falls (Niagara River), 1938
Plate girder Gerber hinge bridge near New York, 1939
Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge, 1940
Two U-section bridges south of Le Mars, Iowa (Floyd River), 1941
2-span truss bridge over Mississippi in Chester, Illinois, 1944
Swing bridge in Boston-Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1945
John Grace-Memorial Bridge (Cooper River), South Carolina, 1946
Bridge near Fresno, California (King's Slough River), 1947
Rockport-Bridge, Maine (Goose River), 1947
Hinton truss bridge, West Virginia, 1949
Elbow Grade Bridge, Willamette National Forest, timber truss, 1950
Sullivan Square motorway bridge, Boston, 1952
Eric bridge, Cleveland, Ohio, 1956
Interstate 29 West Bridge, Sioux City, Iowa, 1962
Lake Pontchartrain bridge (Lake Pont), 1964
Bridge near Charleston, South Carolina (Cooper River), 1965
Silver bridge, chain suspension bridge (Ohio River), 1967
Bridge in Illinois (Kaslaski River), 1970
Buckman Bridge near Jacksonville, Florida, 1970
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Annapolis, 1970
Motorway bridge, Junction Antelope Valley, 1971
Motorway bridge near Pasadena, California (Arroyo Seco River), 1972
Sidney-Lanier Bridge Brunswick, Georgia, 1972
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Annapolis, 1972
Lake Pontchartrain bridge (Lake Pont), 1974
3-span bridge in Lafayette Street, St-Paul, Minnesota, 1975
21-span, Pass Manchac Bridge, Louisiana, 1976
Fulton Yates Bridge near Henderson, Kentucky, 1976
Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge near Hopewell, Virginia, 1977
Bridge over Passiac River, Union Avenue, 1977
Interstate 17 Bridge, Black Canyon, Arizona, 1978
Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge (Berwick Bay), Louisiana, 1978
K&I Railroad Bridge, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1979
Alabama Rail Bridge, Alabama, 1979
Southern Rail Bridge, Indiana, 1979
Bridge over the Hood canal, Washington, 1979
Interstate 10 Bridge, Phoenix, Arizona, 1979
Concrete 5-span box girder bridge near Rockford, 1979
Sunshine Skyway Bridge near St.Petersburg, Florida, 1980
Truss bridge in Trenton, Wisconsin (Milwaukee River), 1980
Multiple span box girder bridge in East Chicago, Indianapolis, 1982
Prestressed concrete precast box girder bridge, Saginaw, 1982
Syracuse bridge, New York, 1982
Connecticut Turnpike Bridge near Greenwich (Mianus River), 1983
Walnut street viaduct over Interstate 20 in Denver, Colorado, 1985
Bridge in El Paso, Texas, 1987
Schoharie Bridge (New York), 1987
Motorway bridge near Seattle, 1988
Box girder bridge in Los Angeles, 1989
Bridge in Baltimore, 1989
Cypress Freeway, Oakland, California, 1989
Section of East span of San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, California, 1989
Truss bridge in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, 1989
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, North Carolina, 1990
Motorwaybridge, jonction Antelope Valley, 1992
Truss bridge in Concord, New Hampshire, 1993
Truss bridge near Mobile, Alabama, 1993
Interstate 5 Bridge in Los Angeles, California, 1994
3-span 3-girder composite bridge near Clifton (Tennessee River), 1995
Twin bridges, Interstate 5 (Arroyo Pasajero River), Coalinga, California, 1995
Walnut Street Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Susquehanna River), 1996
Bridge near Covington, Tennessee (Hatchie River), 1999
Bridge over motorway in Concord, North Carolina, 2000
Queen Isabella Causeway, Texas, 2001
Historic Tewksbury Township pony truss bridge, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 2001
Interstate 40 Bridge, Oklahoma (Webber Falls), 2002
Marcy bridge (Utica-Rome Expressway project), 2002
Turkey Creek Bridge, Sharon Springs, Kansas, 2002
Highway 14 overpass, 60 miles south of Dallas, Texas (over Interstate 45), 2002
1900 built Kinzua Viaduct (north-central Pennsylvania), steel bridge, 2003
Imola Avenue Bridge, Napa, California, 2003
Interstate 95 Bridge in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2004
West Grove Bridge in Silver Lake, Kansas, 2004
Interstate 20 Bridge near Pecos, Texas (Salt Draw River), 2004
Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, Tampa Bay, Florida, 2004
Bridge near Pawnee City, Nebraska, 2004
Shannon Hills Drive Bridge, Arkansas, 2004
Interstate 70 Bridge in Denver, Colorado, 2004
Interstate 10 Bridge, Escambia Bay, Florida, 2004
McCormick County bridge east of Mount Carmel (Little River), South Carolina, 2004
Bridge northwest of Norcatur (Sappa Creek), Kansas, 2004
Rural bridge near Shelby, North Carolina (Beaver Dam creek), 2004
Laurel Mall Pedestrian Bridge between the parking and shopping areas, 2005
Wooden bridge in Pico Rivera (California) spanning the Rio Hondo flood-control channel, 2005
Lake View Drive Bridge, Interstate 70 in Washington County (Pennsylvania), 2005
Eight-lane, 1,950-feet-long Interstate 35-West Bridge in Minneapolis (Mississippi River), 2007
