Bridge Failure Database

New (composite) Grosshessenlohe bridge, Munich

Year 1985
Type Rail
Country Germany (55)
Cause Design error
Details Ignorance of load case "Displacement of mobile scaffolding"
Fatalities 0
Injuries 1
Collapse partial
Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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