Bridge Failure Database
By Year
1898 | 1897 | 1896 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1891 | 1887 | 1886 | 1884 | 1883 | 1882 | 1881 | 1879 | 1877 | 1876 | 1873 | 1869 | 1864 | 1854 | 1852 | 1850 | 1849 | 1847 | 1846 | 1845 | 1839 | 1837 | 1813 | 1444 |
1898
Thames Iron Works bridge, Blackwall (London), Great Britain
1897
Bridge near Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
1896
Bedford Bridge, Ohio, United States
Bridge between Victoria and Esquimalt, Canada
1894
Bridge near Paularo (Chiarso River), Italy
Stargard RC arch bridge, Germany
1893
Bridge near Ljubitschewo (Morava River), Serbia
Chester truss bridge, United States
Louisville truss bridge, United States
1892
Bridge in Chicago, United States
Covington Bridge, United States
Ljubitschewo truss bridge, Serbia
Strathglass truss bridge, Scotland, Great Britain
Truss bridge near Frankfurt (Nidda River), Germany
1891
Bergbrücke, truss bridge, Austria
Biwajima wooden carriage bridge (Shonaigawa River), Japan
Cast iron bridge Norwood Junction, London, Great Britain
Truss bridge near Mönchenstein (Basle), Switzerland
1887
Bridge near Louisville, Nashville (Alabama River), United States
Bussey bridge near Forest Hill (Boston), United States
Small wooden bridge in North Chatsworth, Illinois, United States
Staunton Bridge, Virginia, United States
1886
2-span truss bridge near Fish's Eddy, New York, United States
Truss bridge of the Salzburg-Tiroler Bah near Hopfengarten, Austria
1884
Bridge near Douarnenez, Britanny, France
Bridge near Evaux, Britanny, France
Truss bridge near Salez, Switzerland
1883
Truss bridge, Töss River, Switzerland
1882
Cast iron bridge Inverythan, Scotland, Great Britain
Osijeg Bridge (Drau River), Serbia
1881
Morelos Bridge, Mexico
Steel truss bridge Miramont, France
1879
Bridge between Edinburgh and Dundee over Firth of Tay, Great Britain
Truss bridge near St. Charles (Missouri River), United States
1877
Timber truss bridge near Uschgorod, Hungary
1876
6-span truss bridge near Riesa (Elbe River), Germany
Ashtabula (cast iron) bridge, Ohio, United States
1873
Steel truss bridge near Payerne, Switzerland
1869
Hammer parabolic truss railbridge, Germany
1864
Cable suspension bridge Lewiston-Queenston (Niagara), United States
1854
Cable suspension bridge near Wheeling (Ohio River), United States
1852
Cable suspension bridge Roche Bernard near Geneva, Switzerland
Cable suspension bridge, Peney, Switzerland
1850
Cable suspension bridge near Angers (Maine River), France
1849
Britannia and Conway Bridge, Great Britain
1847
Iron Bridge in Cheshire (Dee River), Great Britain
1846
Barentin Viaduct between Rouen and Le Havre, France
1845
Yarmouth Suspension bridge, Norfolk, Great Britain
1839
Menai Strait (suspension) Bridge, Wales, Great Britain
1837
Donaustauf-Bridge near Regensburg, Germany
1813
Steinbogen-Bridge, Munich (Isar River), Germany
1444
Third Rialto Bridge, Venice (Canale Grande), Italy
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