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Bridge Failure Database

Truss bridge in Concord, New Hampshire

Year 1993
Type Road
Country United States (108)
Cause Human error
Details Stiffener mounted mounted at wrong place
Fatalities 2
Injuries 7
Collapse complete
Phase construction
Period 1991-2009
Continent North America
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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