Directory Sites
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
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
Discussion of liquefaction caused by earthquakes and its effects on roads and bridges. Photographs of Watsonville brige in California, USA.
www.es.ucsc.edu
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
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
Photograph, from Vintageviews of New York, of this iron bridge after its collapse.
vintageviews.org
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
Analyses of failed private wooden bridges by Charles C Roberts, with photographs.
www.roberts.ezpublishing.com
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
Learning from Failure: Engineering Disasters
Statistics on the cause of engineering failures and the ethics thereof.
www.matscieng.sunysb.edu
Collapse of a concrete rail bridge over a creek in Wisconsin, 1968. Includes two large amateur photographs of the wreckage.
www.greenbayroute.com
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
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
Newspaper articles from the Victoria Colonist, 1896, detailing the collapse of the Point Ellice bridge on 26 May 1896.
mypage.direct.ca
Short description of the collapse of wooden bridge on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1896, under weight of tramway car.
collections.ic.gc.ca