Bridge Failure Database
Lake View Drive Bridge, Interstate 70 in Washington County (Pennsylvania)
| Year | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | United States (108) |
| Cause | Deterioration |
| Details | Forty-five years of corrosive road salt draining onto one side of an overpass and a history of trucks hitting its underside likely caused a 16 m-long, 60-ton concrete beam to come crashing. |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | partial |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | North America |
| Reference | http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05363/629440.stm |
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