Lowe's speedway bridge collapse, 2000. Links to news articles about the collapse, owing to incorrect application of materials, of a concrete pedestrian walkway spanning a four-lane highway in North Carolina, USA.
Chronicle of the 1998 collapse of small suspension bridge in Trinidad, West Indies. Includes history of bridge, summary of events, and before/after photographs.
Long Sault Rapids Bridge, 1898. Collapse of steel framed rail bridge. Description of events and photographs.
Discussion of liquefaction caused by earthquakes and its effects on roads and bridges. Photographs of Watsonville brige in California, USA.
Discusses the foot bridge in London and the swaying that occurred in 2000 due to synchronous lateral excitation of steel cable foot bridge. Includes engineers drawings, public questions answered, solutions proposed, and photographs.
Pictures and descriptions of a few collapsed bridges, such as the Tacoma Narrows and the Koror-Babeldaob bridge.
Photograph, from Vintageviews of New York, of this iron bridge after its collapse.
Collapse of iron bridge in Chicago, USA, owing to movement of cattle while turning. Report of events and photograph.
Analyses of failed private wooden bridges by Charles C Roberts, with photographs.
Chronicles the history of three bridges in Vancouver, BC, featuring the collapse of a steel rail and motor bridge in 1958. Short essay with photographs.
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