Bridge Failure Database

Truss bridge of the Salzburg-Tiroler Bah near Hopfengarten

Year 1886
Type Rail
Country Austria (14)
Cause Overloading
Details Heavy goods train, failure of brittle bottom chord element
Fatalities 0
Injuries 3
Phase in service
Period before 1900
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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