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List of bridge disasters

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Bridge disasters include (in chronological order):

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1 Disasters in date order
2 Unknown Date
3 Accidents during construction
4 Accidents in fiction
5 See also

[edit] Disasters in date order

Dee bridge, 1847 - 5 killed.
Angers suspension bridge, 1850 - 220+ soldiers killed when bridge collapsed due to harmonic frequencies caused by column marching in step.
Wooton Bridge Collapse, 1861 - Two killed as goods train falls onto railway.
Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, 1876 - 92 killed.
Tay Rail Bridge, 1879 - 75 died in collapse, bridge not planned for high winds.
Point Ellice Bridge, 1896 - 47/53/50--60 died (reports vary), overloaded tram car collapses central span.
Appomatox River Drawbridge Bus Accident, 1935 - 14 killed when bus drove across the drawbridge when it was open.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington, 1940 - 1 dog killed.
Tangiwai disaster, 1953 New Zealand - 151 died when a rail bridge over the Whangaehu River was washed away by a lahar.
Heron Road Bridge, 1966, Ottawa - 9 killed
Silver Bridge, 1967 - 46 killed in sudden collapse.
West Gate Bridge, 1970, Melbourne - 35 killed, during construction.
Tasman Bridge, 1975 - 12 killed when a ship struck the bridge.
Reichsbrücke, 1976 - 1 killed
Benjamin Harrison Bridge, 1977 - no fatalities, ship strike
Granville railway disaster, 1977 - 83 killed when derailed train knocked down a road overbridge.
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, 1980 - 35 killed by ship strike.
Tjörn bridge, 1980, Sweden - 8 killed - ship strike.
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, 1981 - 114 killed, more than 200 injured
Mianus River Bridge, 1983, Connecticut - 3 killed
Schoharie Creek, 1987 - 10 killed.
Glanrhyd Bridge, Carmarthen, 1987 - Train washed off railway bridge by flood waters, 4 killed including 1 school boy drowned trying to rescue passengers.
Hatchie River Bridge (Hwy US-51) collapse, 1989, Tennessee - 8 killed when a 3 span section of the bridge failed due to scour of the bridge foundations.
San Francisco Bay Bridge, 1989 - 1 killed when Loma Prieta earthquake caused upper deck of eastern truss to collapse onto main deck carrying traffic.
Cypress Street Viaduct, 1989 - 42 killed during Loma Prieta earthquake.
Big Bayou Canot train disaster, 1993 - 47 killed when railway bridge hit by barge.
Seongsu Bridge, 1994 - 32 died and 17 injured.
Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, 1996 - at least 1 killed following strengthening work.
Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy, 1997 - 4 killed
Eschede train disaster, 1998 - 101 killed - derailed train knocked down overbridge.
Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge, Portugal, 2001 - 59 killed in three cars and one bus after the collapse of the bridge.
Kadalundi River rail disaster, India, 2001 - 57 drowned when 140-year old rail bridge collapsed.
Rafiganj rail disaster, India, 2002 - 130 died when terrorists sabotaged rail bridge, causing crash.
The I-40 Bridge Disaster, 2002 - 14 killed in barge strike.
Interstate 95 bridge over Howard Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 2003 - Fire resulting from fuel truck crash melted the bridge superstructure, resulting in partial collapse. No fatalities; driver of the truck escaped with minor injuries.
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge, 2003 - Partial failure, no one hurt.
Veligonda rail disaster, India, 2005 - 114 killed when flood washed rail bridge away.
Autoroute 19 Overpass Collapse, Laval, Quebec,Canada, 2006 - Five dead, six injured

[edit] Unknown Date

King Street (Melbourne) bridge – collapse
Interstate 794 Hoan Bridge,Wisconsin - Partial failure, no injuries

[edit] Accidents during construction

Quebec Bridge, 1907 - 82 killed in collapse during construction
Sandö Bridge, 1939 - 18 killed in collapse during construction
Svinesund Bridge, 1942 - Sweden and Norway
Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, 1958 - 27 killed in construction collapse.
Heron Road Bridge, 1966 - collapsed during construction, killing 9.
Cleddau Bridge,1970 - collapsed during construction, killing 4.
West Gate Bridge, 1970 - collapsed during construction, killing 35.
Südbrücke Koblenz, 1971 - 9 killed.
Sikorsky Bridge replacement project, Connecticut - collapse occurred in February 2004 during demolition of the original 1940 span; one worker died when the crane he was operating was knocked off of its barge by falling steel.
Motorway bridge in Almuñécar (Province of Granada, Spain) 2005 - part collapsed during construction, killing 6 workers.