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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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