Bridge Failure Database

Bridge on DB-line Lohr-Wertheim near Kreuzwertheim

Year 1984
Type Rail
Country Germany (55)
Cause Human error
Details Use of uncertified lifting bars and too weak bolt nuts
Fatalities 1
Injuries 5
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Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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