Bridge Failure Database
Five-span bridge at Forteviot, 10km south of Perth (May River)
| Year | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rail |
| Country | Great Britain (29) |
| Cause | Natural hazard (Flooding) |
| Details | Flooding, erosion of the gravel bed beneath the downstream face of the shallow founded pier, concrete bag scour protection washed away |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Reference | Washed away, New Civil Engineer, 28 January 1993, pp. 14-15. |
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