Bridge Failure Database
Bridge between Edinburgh and Dundee over Firth of Tay
| Year | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Natural hazard (Wind) |
| Details | Winds, gale, bad condition of bridge due to lacking maintenance |
| Fatalities | 90 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | before 1900 |
| Continent | Europe |
| References | SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000. BAILEY et al., Niveau de sécurité requis pour l'evaluation des ponts-routes existants, Report Nr. 566, Union suisse des professionnels de la route (VSS), Zurich, 2002. http://www.basedn.freeserve.co.uk/bridge.htm http://www.brueckenweb.de/Themen/katastrophen/katastrophen.php http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/lists/historytechnology/successfailures.html http://www.iti.nwu.edu/links/bridges/disasters.html |
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