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- 1863, November 3: Rush Street Bridge Collapse - Collapse of iron bridge in Chicago, USA, owing to movement of cattle while turning. Report of events and photograph.
www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/rushbridge_collapse.html
- A Bridge Collapse in Portugal Kills up to 70 People - Ponte de Ferro Bridge, 2001. Links to news articles about the collapse (owing to illegal sand extraction) of a concrete bridge over the Douro River in Portugal.
icivilengineer.com/Failure_Watch/Portugal_Bridge
- A Short History of the Second Narrows Bridge - Chronicles the history of three bridges in Vancouver, BC, featuring the collapse of a steel rail and motor bridge in 1958. Short essay with photographs.
cherrybouton.com/2ndnarrows.html
- A Troubled Bridge - Hoan Bridge, 2000. Article about the demolition of failed bridge.
midwest.construction.com/MWCN/MWcover/MWfeature1Feb01.html
- Br 169 Lancaster and Carlisle Line - Glanrhyd Bridge, 1987. Collapse of steel/masonry rail bridge in Wales, owing to scour. Summary of background and later preventative work to other bridge in Penrith, England, with map, photographs and drawings.
www.dhaynes.freeserve.co.uk/fmrc/06_br169lc/06_br169lc.htm
- Bridge Disasters - Northwestern University's (USA) list of bridge faillures, including links to more information about some cases.
www.iti.northwestern.edu/links/bridges/disasters.html
- California's Temporary Freeway Bridge - Arroyo Pasajero Twin Bridges, 1995. Collapse of motor bridge because of foundation scour. Temporarily replaced by innovative bridge made from surplus railroad flatcars.
www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/fall95/p95a2.htm
- Collapsing Bridges, University of Washington - Research paper on collapsing bridges, with mathematical explanation.
www.amath.washington.edu/courses/353-spring-1999/353notes11.ps
- Failure of the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge - Sinking of floating concrete motor bridge in 1990. Single page with detailed account, discussion, engineers drawings, photograph and detailed mathematical explanation.
www.sgh.com/technicalpapers/tplace.htm
- Hoan Bridge - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel news coverage of the failure and subsequent demolition of the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee in 2000. Articles include photos, editorials and event descriptions.
www.jsonline.com/news/metro/dec00/hoanarc.asp
- Learning from Failure: Engineering Disasters - Statistics on the cause of engineering failures and the ethics thereof.
www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/disaster
- Life Along the Faultline: Bay Bridge Collapse - Collapse of section of concrete motor bridge in San Francisco, California, 1989, following an earthquake. Single photograph of collapsed section.
www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/loma_prieta/caronedge.html
- Liquefaction - Discussion of liquefaction caused by earthquakes and its effects on roads and bridges. Photographs of Watsonville brige in California, USA.
www.es.ucsc.edu/~es10/fieldtripEarthQ/Damage1.html
- Maccabiah Bridge Collapse Blame Falls Far and Wide - Collapse of foot bridge in Jerusalem, 1997. News article detailing what went wrong.
www.jewishsf.com/bk970725/ifalls.htm
- Mark Ketchum's Bridge Collapse Page - Pictures and descriptions of a few collapsed bridges, such as the Tacoma Narrows and the Koror-Babeldaob bridge.
www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html
- McKenna Uses Math to Solve Mystery of Bridge Collapse - Article discusses how university professor Joe McKenna uses mathematics to explain bridge failures, including why the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed.
www.advance.uconn.edu/01100109.htm
- Merrillan Bridge Collapse - Collapse of a concrete rail bridge over a creek in Wisconsin, 1968. Includes two large amateur photographs of the wreckage.
www.greenbayroute.com/1968merrillanwreck.htm
- Point Ellice Bridge Disaster - Short description of the collapse of wooden bridge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1896, under weight of tramway car.
www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/victoriana/tour/gartour/bridge.htm
- Rainbow Bridge Collapse, 1938 - Photograph, from Vintageviews of New York, of this iron bridge after its collapse.
vintageviews.org/vv-ny/Ko/cards/nf013.html
- Speedway Bridge at North Carolina, USA - Lowe's speedway bridge collapse, 2000. Links to news articles about the collapse, owing to incorrect application of materials, of a concrete pedestrian walkway spanning a four-lane highway in North Carolina, USA.
icivilengineer.com/Failure_Watch/2000_Speedway
- The Collapse of the Lance Mitan Suspension Bridge - Chronicle of the 1998 collapse of small suspension bridge in Trinidad, West Indies. Includes history of bridge, summary of events, and before/after photographs.
www.seetobago.com/trinidad/sbridge/lmsb1.htm
- The Fall of a Bridge at Cornwall, Ontario. - Long Sault Rapids Bridge, 1898. Collapse of steel framed rail bridge. Description of events and photographs.
www.railroadextra.com/brcorn.Html
- The Millennium Bridge - Discusses the foot bridge in London and the swaying that occurred in 2000 due to synchronous lateral excitation of steel cable foot bridge. Includes engineers drawings, public questions answered, solutions proposed, and photographs.
www.arup.com/MillenniumBridge
- Walnut Street Bridge Collapse - January 1996 (Harrisburg, PA) - Collapse of steel framed bridge Pennsylvania, USA, owing to scour and ice damage. Short summary and photographs.
www.iti.nwu.edu/publications/bridges/harrisburg.html
- Wood Bridge Failure Analysis - Analyses of failed private wooden bridges by Charles C Roberts, with photographs.
www.roberts.ezpublishing.com/croberts/bridge.htm
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