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  2. List of bridge failures - Wikipedia

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    Wooden bridge Collapsed from the weight of a large procession 400 Bridge unusable Judith bridge: Prague: Kingdom of Bohemia 2 February 1342 Stone bridge Severe flood Unknown Two-thirds of the 170 years old bridge collapsed or heavily damaged. One arch survived to this day. Charles Bridge was built next to its remains. Construction started in ...

  3. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Japanese: 明石海峡大橋, Hepburn: Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi) is a suspension bridge which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese island of Honshu and Iwaya, Awaji on Awaji Island. It is part of the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, and crosses the busy and turbulent Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese).

  4. Eshima Ohashi Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Eshima Ohashi Bridge (Japanese: 江島大橋, Hepburn: Eshima Ōhashi) is a rigid-frame bridge in Japan that connects Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, and Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, over Nakaumi lake. It was built from 1997 to 2004, and it is the largest rigid-frame bridge in Japan and the third largest in the world. [1]

  5. List of building and structure collapses - Wikipedia

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    Kundal Shahi bridge collapse: Kundal Shahi, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Walkway At least 12 dead, 11 injured, unknown missing [46] 2018 Zhejiang bridge collapse Zhejiang, China Bridge 8 dead, 3 injured [47] 2018 Ponte Morandi collapse Genoa, Italy Highway bridge 43 dead, 16 injured 2018 San Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapse Rome, Italy Church 0 dead ...

  6. Ikitsuki Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge allows automobile access from Ikitsuki to Hirado and the rest of Japan. Previously, the only option to travel off Ikitsuki was by ferry to various ports in Kyūshū . In 2009, a crack which seriously damaged the safety of the bridge was found in a diagonal member near an 27 intermediate pier during an inspection for determining ...

  7. Was it wind? How a bridge’s failure may shed light on fatal ...

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    I’m also not sure if there was a huge wind that night in Boise. We need an in-depth investigation to see what caused the failure.” Wind caused 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

  8. List of disasters in Japan by death toll - Wikipedia

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    1807 Eidai bridge collapse by a stampede Stampede 20 Sep 1807: Edo, (Present day of Tokyo) In Fukagawa-Tomioka Hachiman shrine, the bridge, dating from 1795, collapsed under the weight of festival-goers, one of the worst panic accidents in Japan. According to an unofficial source report, many more persons went missing. 426: 1858 Hietsu earthquake

  9. Amarube Viaduct - Wikipedia

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    The Amarube Viaduct (余部橋梁, Amarube Kyōryō) is a railway bridge in the town of Kami, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture, on JR West's Sanin Main Line between the stations of Yoroi and Amarube. The original steel trestle bridge opened in 1912, and was replaced with the current reinforced concrete bridge on 12 August 2010.