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The collapsed bridge Portage Canal Swing Bridge: Houghton, Michigan: United States 15 April 1905: Steel swing bridge Swing span struck by the steamer Northern Wave. 0 killed, 0 injured Swing span rebuilt. The damaged bridge. It was replaced by the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Cimarron River Rail Crossing: Dover, Oklahoma Territory: United States ...
List of Washington State bridge failures (PDF), Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), c. 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-05 – via The Seattle Times "I-5 bridge collapses over Skagit River, no fatalities". Seattle: KING-TV. Associated Press. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013
Trapped ship below the bridge. At around 5:30 a.m. local time, a barge carrying only the operator first grazed the 18th bridge pier and then collided with the 19th bridge pier of the Lixinsha Bridge. [4] A section of the bridge fractured, causing a portion of the bridge to fall into the water. The ship was trapped below it. [3] [5]
Wind caused 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. ... collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state. There, a three-member panel of top-ranking engineers assembled by the Federal Works ...
The partial collapse during torrential rains Shangluo city has killed at least 11 with 30 people still missing. China bridge collapse kills at least 11 after floods Skip to main content
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The bridge's collapse has been described as "spectacular" and in subsequent decades "has attracted the attention of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians". [2] Throughout its short existence, it was the world's third-longest suspension bridge by main span, behind the Golden Gate Bridge and the George Washington Bridge.
Previously, China's Si Du River Bridge had taken the title. But that bridge is actually quite low in comparison, hanging 1,600 feet above the river. But for bridge towers, Beipanjiang Bridge is ...