Bridge Failure Database

New Haengju Bridge, Seoul (stay cable bridge)

Year 1992
Type Road
Country Korea (3)
Cause Human error
Details Excentricity of load, unsatisfactory concrete quality
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Collapse partial
Phase construction
Period 1991-2009
Continent Asia
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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