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Bridge Failure Database

Cicero Bridge between Messina and Palermo (Mazarra River)

Year 1993
Type Road
Country Italy (9)
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Flooding destroys 3 piers
Fatalities 4
Injuries 1
Collapse partial
Phase in service
Period 1991-2009
Continent Europe
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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