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Bridge Failure Database

2-span girder bridge near Katerini

Year 1972
Type Rail
Country Greece
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Flooding leads to scour, train load on bridge
Fatalities 1
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
Phase in service
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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