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Bridge Failure Database

Steel bridge with orthotropic deck in Willemstad

Year 1967
Type Road
Country Netherlands
Cause Human error
Details Anchorage cable failure, probably because of unpermitted welding
Fatalities 20
Injuries 0
Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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