Bridge Failure Database

Bridge in Baltimore

Year 1989
Type Road
Country United States (108)
Cause Design error
Details Prestressing not in place, asymmetric loading
Fatalities 0
Injuries 14
Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent North America
Reference BAILEY et al., Niveau de sécurité requis pour l'evaluation des ponts-routes existants, Report Nr. 566, Union suisse des professionnels de la route (VSS), Zurich, 2002.

Note: This information is provided for reference only, and was compiled from publicly available sources which may contain inaccuracies. Neither Campbell Middleton nor Daniel Imhof nor the Bridge Owners' Forum make any guarantee as to the correctness, usefulness, or fitness for purpose of any of the data in these pages.