Bridge Failure Database
Yuncun Bridge in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province)
| Year | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Type | Road |
| Country | China (6) |
| Cause | Overloading |
| Details | Overloaded lorry (estimated over 100 tons) passes over bridge with legal limit of 20 tons |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Collapse | complete |
| Phase | in service |
| Period | 1991-2009 |
| Continent | Asia |
| Reference | http://www.taipeisoir.com/ARCHIVES/2007/05/15/Effondrement_de_ponts_en_serie_en_Chine_.php |
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