Bridge Failure Database
By Year
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1949
Hinton truss bridge, West Virginia, United States
1947
All the bridges in the town of Bremen (Weser River), Germany
Bridge near Fresno, California (King's Slough River), United States
Bridge near Koblenz (Mosel River), Germany
Rockport-Bridge, Maine (Goose River), United States
1946
John Grace-Memorial Bridge (Cooper River), South Carolina, United States
1945
Hindenburg bridge in Cologne (Rhein River), Germany
Swing bridge in Boston-Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
1944
2-span truss bridge over Mississippi in Chester, Illinois, United States
1941
Two U-section bridges south of Le Mars, Iowa (Floyd River), United States
1940
Haulille Bridge, Belgium
Herenthalsoolen Bridge, Belgium
Motorway bridge near Frankenthal, Germany
Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge, United States
1939
Plate girder Gerber hinge bridge near New York, United States
Reinforced concrete arch bridge near Sandö (Angermanälv River), Sweden
1938
Bridge near the Niagara Falls (Niagara River), United States
Valley bridge Rüdersdorf near Berlin, Germany
Vierendeelbridge near Hasselt (Albert canal), Belgium
1937
Steel truss bridge near Manassas, Virginia, United States
Truss bridge near Pagosa Springs in Colorado, United States
Whiteson Bridge near Minnville, Oregon (North Yamhill River), United States
1936
Bridge over Hardenbergstrasse in Berlin, Germany
1935
Steel truss swing bridge near Copenhagen, Denmark
1933
4-span beam and slab bridge (Anacostia River), United States
1931
Bordeaux suspension bridge, France
1927
Ohio Falls truss bridge, United States
Poughkeepsie suspension bridge, United States
Second Narrows (Gerber hinge) Bridge, Vancouver, Canada
1926
3-span concrete arch bridge (Milcov River), Romania
Gartz RC arch bridge, Germany
1925
3-hinge concrete arch bridge near Aller (Sieg River), Germany
Mozyrow bridge, Russia
1924
Coos-Bay-bridge Oregon, United States
1923
8-span Kiaochow-bridge (Yun River), China
Stone arch bridge in Flensburg (over railway lines), Germany
1922
11-span bridge leading to Sheppey-Island (Swale River), Great Britain
1916
Quebec truss bridge, 2nd accident, Canada
1914
Carr (masonry) bridge, Baddengorm Burn, Great Britain
1913
concrete arch bridge near Deep (Rega River), Germany
Truss bridge near Gütikhausen, Switzerland
Truss bridge near Prerow (Bodden River), Germany
1912
Glen Loch bridge, Pennsylvania, United States
1911
3 arches Auburn bridge, California, United States
1910
Prinzregenten Bridge in Munich (Isar River), Germany
1908
Herrenbrücke, Swing bridge near Lübeck, Germany
1907
7-span bridge near Ponts de Cé (Loire River), France
La rasse steel truss bridge, France
Quebec truss bridge (St Lawrence River), Canada
1905
Heidelberg truss bridge, Germany
1904
Porter's Draw timber railroad bridge, north of Pueblo, Colorado, United States
1902
Cornelius Bridge in Munich (Isar River), Germany
Mangapatnan Bridge, India
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