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Bridge disasters include (in chronological order):
Disasters in date order
- Dee bridge, 1847 - 5 killed.
- Angers suspension bridge, 1850 - 220+ soldiers killed when bridge collapsed due to harmonic frequencies caused by column marching in step.
- Tay Rail Bridge, 1879 - 75 died in collapse, bridge not planned for high winds.
- Appomatox River Drawbridge Bus Accident, 1935 - 14 killed when bus through open draw.
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1940 - 1 dog killed.
- Tangiwai disaster, 1953 New Zealand - 151 die when a rail bridge over the Whangaehu River washed away by a lahar.
- Silver Bridge, 1967 - 46 killed in sudden collapse.
- Tasman Bridge, 1975 - 12 killed when ship strikes the bridge.
- Südbrücke Koblenz, 1971 - 13 killed
- Reichsbrücke, 1976 - 1 killed
- Benjamin Harrison Bridge, 1977 - no fatalties, ship strike
- Granville railway disaster, 1977 - 83 killed when derailed train knocks down overbridge.
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge, 1980 - 35 killed by ship strike.
- Tjörn bridge, 1980, Sweden - 8 killed - ship strike.
- Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, 1981 - 114 killed, more than 200 injured
- Mianus River Bridge, 1983, Connecticut - 3 killed
- Schoharie Creek, 1987 - 10 killed.
- Glanrhyd Bridge, Carmarthen 1987 - Train washed off railway bridge by flood waters, 4 killed including 1 school boy drowned trying to rescue passengers.
- San Francisco Bay Bridge 1989 - 1 killed when Loma Prieta earthquake caused upper deck of eastern truss to collapse on main deck carrying traffic.
- Big Bayou Canot train disaster, 1993 - 47 killed when railway bridge hit by barge.
- Seongsu Bridge, 1994 - 32 died and 17 injured.
- Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, 1996 - at least 1 killed.
- Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy, 1997 - 4 killed
- Eschede train disaster, 1998 - 101 killed - derailed train knocks down overbridge.
- Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge, Portugal, 2001 - 59 killed in three cars and one bus after the collapse of the bridge.
- Kadalundi River rail disaster, India, 2001 - 57 drown when 140-year old rail bridge collapses.
- Rafiganj rail disaster, India, 2002 - 130 died when terrorists sabotage rail bridge, causing crash.
- The I-40 Bridge Disaster, 2002 - 14 killed in barge strike.
- Interstate 95 bridge over Howard Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 2003 - Fire resulting from fuel truck crash melted the bridge superstructure, resulting in partial collapse. No fatalities; driver of the truck escaped with minor injuries.
- Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge, 2003 - Partial failure, no one hurt.
- Veligonda rail disaster, India, 2005 - 114 killed when flood washes rail bridge away.
Unknown Date
- King Street (Melbourne) bridge – collapse
- Interstate 794 Hoan Bridge,Wisconsin - Partial failure, no injuries
- Wooton Bridge Collapse - Two killed as goods train falls onto railway.
Accidents during construction
- Quebec Bridge, 1907 - 75 killed in collapse during construction
- Svinesund Bridge, 1942 - Sweden and Norway
- Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, 1958 - 27 killed in construction collapse.
- Cleddau Bridge,1970 - collapsed during construction, killing 4.
- Heron Road Bridge - Canada
- West Gate Bridge, 1970 collapse - collapses during construction, killing 35.
- Sikorsky Bridge replacement project, Connecticut - collapse occurred in February 2004 during demolition of the original 1940 span; one worker died when the crane he was operating was knocked off of its barge by the falling span.
- Motorway bridge in Almuñécar (Province of Granada, Spain) 2005 - part collpased during construction, killing 6 workers.
Accidents in fiction
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
See also
"List of bridge disasters"