Bridge Failure Database
A329 dual carriageway viaduct over the River Loddon at Woodley near Reading, Berkshire
| Year | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Design error |
| Details | 24 m span collapsed during placing of concrete due to failure of falsework |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Injuries | 10 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | construction |
| Period | 1941-1990 |
| Continent | Europe |
| References | SMITH, D.W., Bridge failures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, Vol. 60, 1976, pp. 367-382. BRIDLE, R., PORTER, J., The Motorway Achievement: Frontiers of Knowledge and Practice, Thomas Telford, 2003 (http://books.google.ch/books?id=7Yqxyefv-VAC&hl=en) |
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