Failures and accidents

11 Oct 19

Bridge collapse in China kills three

A highway bridge collapsed at 6pm on Thursday in the Chinese city of Wuxi, Jiansu Province, leaving three people dead and two others injured, according to local reports.

01 Oct 19

Taiwan arch bridge collapses

A steel tied arch bridge crossing a harbour in Taiwan has collapsed.

16 Sep 19

Arrests made as part of Genoa bridge collapse probe

A number of arrests have been made in connection with information that has emerged during the investigation into last year’s fatal collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy.

04 Sep 19

Dutch accident report calls for better safety at opening bridges

There is still not enough being done in the Netherlands to prevent accidents when remote-controlled bridges are opened, according to a report into injuries suffered by an elderly couple.

16 Jul 19

Fast-track replacement planned for Canadian bridge destroyed by fire

Canadian rail operator CN has formed a partnership for the rapid reconstruction of a key rail bridge that was destroyed by fire in May.

24 Jun 19

Indonesia secures grant to rebuild earthquake-hit bridges

The Indonesian government has secured grant aid of up to US$23 million for a programme to reconstruct bridges in Central Sulawesi Province.

12 Jun 19

Investigators criticise engineers over Florida Bridge collapse

A new report is highly critical of decisions taken by engineers in the run-up to last year's fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge that was under construction in Florida.

22 May 19

Pier pressure

The sudden and significant subsidence of one of the piers of an historical arch bridge in Spainhas led to a challenging project carried out under risk of imminent collapse, write Txomin Echeveste Pedro Sancho and Luis Cosano.

07 May 19

Florida releases records on fatal pedestrian bridge collapse

Cracks had been increasing in length daily prior to last year’s fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge that was under construction in Florida, USA, according to newly released records.

02 May 19

Scaffold collapse brings fine for New Zealand company

A New Zealand company has been fined US$100,000 after a poorly designed scaffold structure collapsed while seven people were at work on a bridge maintenance project.

09 Apr 19

Inquiry launched into Brazilian bridge collapse

Public authorities in the Brazilian state of Pará have launched an inquiry after a 200m-long section of a bridge fell into the River Moju after being hit by a boat.

28 Mar 19

New Zealand government issues statement on washed-away bridge

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has said that there is no evidence to support suggestions that a lack of maintenance or earlier work upstream led to this week’s failure of a bridge over a swollen river.

26 Feb 19

Watch historic arch bridge collapse under the force of floodwaters in Crete

Heavy rainfall in the island led to Keritis Bridge's collapse, caught live by a local TV station
19 Feb 19

Bridge repairs force eight-month closure of Johannesburg motorway

A stretch of motorway in Johannesburg, South Africa, is to be completely closed for eight months to allow emergency bridge repairs to take place.

23 Jan 19

Cracked anchor bolt on Halogaland Bridge prompts multiple replacements

Norwegian roads authority Statens Vegvesen is carrying out twice-daily inspections of the newly-opened Halogaland Bridge after one of the anchor bolts holding the main cable in place was found to have cracked. 

08 Jan 19

Repairs to Sunshine Bridge reach next stage

Fabrication is now complete of new diagonal bracing for the USA’s Sunshine Bridge, which was badly damaged when it was hit by a barge in October 2018.

10 Dec 18

Bridge collapses in Argentina under freight train

The bridge’s concrete piers and steel structure had been repaired last year after an earlier collapse in 2016 due to flooding.

10 Dec 18

Stuck half-tonne pin hampers Twin Sails Bridge repair

Further specialist engineers are due to arrive on site to help extract a half-tonne pin from the lifting mechanism of Twin Sails Bridge, which has been out of use for several weeks.

30 Nov 18

Accident on bridge under construction in Colombia results in five deaths

The incident on La Pala Bridge occurred less than 2km away from the site of the Chirajara Bridge collapse that killed nine workers in January this year.

16 Nov 18

Investigators find design flaws in collapsed Florida bridge

Design checks carried out for the investigation into the fatal collapse of a bridge under construction in Florida, USA, have identified apparent flaws.

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