List of bridge failures

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|Wooden bridge

|Collapsed from the weight of a large procession

|400

|Bridge unusable

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|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 1357 and ended in 1402.{{Cite news|title=History of Charles Bridge |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/static/charles-bridge/history|access-date=2021-07-09|publisher=Radio Prague International|language=en}}

|File:Segment-Judithbrücke.pngSurviving arch of Judith bridge

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|Rialto
Bridge

|Venice

|Venetian Republic

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|Wooden structure with central drawbridge.

|Overload by spectators during a wedding

|Unknown

|Bridge total damage

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|140 killed

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|Tasman Bridge

|Hobart, Tasmania

|Australia

|{{dts|format=dmy|1975|January|5}}

|Bridge of concrete, Motorway bridge

|Ore freighter Lake Illawarra collided with pylons. A {{convert|400|ft|adj=on}} section of bridge collapsed onto freighter and into the river. Four cars drove off bridge

|12 killed (7 ship crewman and 5 motorists)

|2 pylons and three sections of bridge collapsed, ore freighter sank, 4 cars fell into river

|City of Hobart was split in two. Residents living in the east were forced to make a {{convert|50|km}} trip to the CBD via the next bridge to the north. Missing sections were reconstructed and the bridge reopened on 8 October 1977. The Bowen Bridge was later constructed, 10 km (6 mi) to the north, to reduce the impact of any future failure of the Tasman Bridge.

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|Reichsbrücke

|Vienna

|Austria

|{{dts|format=dmy|1976|August|1}}

|Road bridge with tram

|Column fractured

|1 killed, 0 injured

|Bridge, one bus and a lorry destroyed, ships damaged

|File:Vienna-reichsbruecke-collapse2.jpgSightseers after the collapse in 1976. Concrete of the column had never been examined, was internally totally destroyed; "higher force"

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|Granville Railway Bridge

|Sydney, New South Wales

|Australia

|{{dts|format=dmy|1977|January|18}}

|Vehicle overpass

|Passenger train derailed while passing under the Bold Street road overpass and collided with a supporting pier. Section of bridge collapsed onto train cars.

|83 (including an unborn child) killed, 210 injured

|Bridge destroyed, later replaced

|The bridge was supported by two piers situated between the various rail tracks. Part of the derailed train virtually demolished the northern pier, resulting in the collapse of the northernmost span of the bridge. It was replaced by a single-span bridge.

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|Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge

|Hopewell, Virginia

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1977|February|24}}

|Lift bridge

|An ocean-going tanker ship, the 5,700 ton, 523-ft long Marine Floridian struck the bridge collapsing a section of the bridge.

|0 killed, minor injuries

|Section of bridge destroyed

|Bridge repaired

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|Green Island Bridge

|Troy, New York

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1977|March|15}}

|Lift bridge

|Flooding undermined the lift span pier resulting in the western lift tower and roadbed span of the bridge collapsing into the Hudson River.

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Bridge destroyed

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|Floating bridge over Beloslav Canal (connecting Lake Beloslav and Lake Varna){{cite web|url=https://provaton.bg/2016/11/08/38-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%82-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BA/|title=38 години от трагедията в Белослав, при която загиват 65 души|trans-title=38 years since the tragedy in Beloslav, in which 65 people perished|language=bg|website=www.monitor.bg|date=8 November 2016 |access-date=5 April 2024}}

|Beloslav, Varna Province

|Bulgaria

|{{dts|format=dmy|1978|November|07}}

|Floating bridge

|Overload by spectators

|65 killed

|Bridge completely destroyed

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|Hood Canal Floating Bridge (William A. Bugge Bridge)

|North End of Hood Canal, Washington

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1979|February|13}}

|Floating bridge

|Blown pontoon hatches combined with extreme windstorm

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Western drawspan and western pontoons sunk; other sections survived.

|Lost portions rebuilt 1979–1982; the remainder of the bridge has since been replaced.

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|Almöbron (Tjörnbron)

|Stenungsund

|Sweden

|{{dts|format=dmy|1980|January|18}}

|Steel arch bridge

|Ship collision during bad visibility (mist)

|8 killed, unknown injured

|Bridge and several cars destroyed

|File:Tjörnbroraset 1980. 18jan (40) Star Clipper raserade Almöbron.JPGThe collapsed bridge and MS Star Clipper

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|Sunshine Skyway Bridge

|near St. Petersburg, Florida

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1980|May|9}}

|Steel cantilever bridge

|The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay

|35 killed, 1 injured

|{{convert|1200|ft}} of southbound span, several cars and a bus destroyed

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A vehicle stopped just short of the collapsed portion of the bridge. The old bridge has since been turned into a state-run fishing pier and was replaced for traffic with cable-stayed bridge.

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|Tompkins Hill Road overpass{{citation|chapter=Investigations of the 8 November 1980 earthquake in Humboldt County, California|chapter-url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr81397|first1=K.|last1=Lajoie|first2=D.|last2=Keefer|title=Open-File Report|year=1981|publisher=United States Geological Survey|series=Open-File Report 81-397|pages=12–16|doi=10.3133/ofr81397|doi-access=free}}

|Humboldt County, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1980|November|8}}

|Reinforced concrete spans on concrete support columns

|Earthquake caused two spans to slip off supporting columns

|0 killed, 6 injured

|Two vehicles drove into the opening left by collapsed span

|Steel cables added to anchor replacement spans to support columns

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|Hyatt Regency walkway collapse

|Kansas City, Missouri

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1981|July|17}}

|Double-deck suspended footbridge in hotel interior

|Erroneous redesign of supporting member during construction when original design considered too hard to construct

|114 killed, 200 injured

|Walkway destroyed

|File:Hyatt Kansas City Collapse.gifView of the lobby floor, showing remains of the pedestrian bridge

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|Cline Avenue over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and surrounding heavy industry

|East Chicago, Indiana

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1982|April|15}}

|Indiana State Route 912

|{{convert|1200|ft}} of the bridge collapsed while under construction when a concrete pad supporting shoring towers developed cracks.

|14 killed, 16 injured

|Bridge rebuilt

|Section between US 12 and the Indiana Toll Road renamed Highway Construction Workers Memorial Highway

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|Puente de Brenes

|Brenes, Sevilla

|Spain

|{{dts|format=dmy|1982|Aug|12}}

|Carretera Brenes-Villaverde del Rio

|Structural failure due to inadequate design

|No casualties

|The bridge collapsed during the night

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|Ulyanovsk railway bridge

|Ulyanovsk

|USSR

|{{dts|format=dmy|1983|June|5}}

|Railway bridge

|Ship collision

|177 killed, unknown injured

|No collapse

|The span cut the deck house and the cinema hall, whilst the lowest deck was undamaged. The ship damaged the railway bridge and some freight cars from the train fell onto the ship.

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|Mianus River Bridge

|Greenwich, Connecticut

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1983|June|28}}

|Interstate 95 (Connecticut Turnpike) over the Mianus River

|Metal corrosion and fatigue/Deferred maintenance

|3 killed, 3 injured{{cite news |first=Schmalz |last=Jeffrey |title=Year after bridge collapse, questions and pain still linger. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/24/nyregion/year-after-bridge-collapse-questions-and-pain-still-linger.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 24, 1984 |access-date=2015-07-26}}

|{{convert|100|ft|adj=on}} section of the northbound lanes fell into the Mianus River

|Collapse due to failure of the pin and hanger assembly supporting the span. Temporary span installed to re-open I-95; new Mianus River Bridge completed in 1990.

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|Puente Colgante de Santa Fe

|Santa Fe

|Argentina

|{{dts|format=dmy|1983|September|28}}

|Suspension Bridge

|Flooding

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Total collapse

|File:Puente caido 1983.jpgAlmost total collapse of the bridge due to historical flooding. It was reconstructed equal to its original design of 1928 in the year 2002.

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|Cuscatlán Bridge

|San Ildefonso

|El Salvador

|{{dts|format=dmy|1984|January|1}}

|Suspension bridge

|Bombing

|Several killed

|Total collapse

|File:Ruins of the Cuscatlán Bridge.jpgThe bridge was bombed by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front during the Salvadoran Civil War. A new bridge was built just south of the Cuscatlán Bridge in 1998.

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|Stebbins Rd. Bridge (NY State Rt 90, not to be confused with Interstate 90)

|Hanover, NY

|United States

|15 November 1986

|One lane steel bridge

|Likely overloaded

|1 killed, 3 injured

|Total loss

|Collapse likely due to overloading. The bridge, with a posted 8-ton limit, was crossed by a construction crane.[{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/nyregion/man-is-killed-in-upstate-bridge-collapse.html |title=Man is Killed in Upstate Bridge Collapse |newspaper=The New York Times |date= 15 November 1986|access-date=2021-02-22}}]

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|Amarube railroad bridge

|Kasumi, Hyōgo

|Japan

|{{dts|format=dmy|1986|12|28}}

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|Strong wind

|6 killed (one train conductor and five factory workers)

|An out-of-service train fell onto a fish processing factory

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|Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse Thruway Bridge

|Fort Hunter, New York

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1987|April|5}}

|I-90 New York Thruway over the Schoharie Creek

|Improper protection of footings by contractor led to scour of riverbed under footings.

|10 killed, unknown injured

|Total collapse

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1988/HAR8802.htm |website=HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT |title=COLLAPSE OF NEW YORK THRUWAY(I-90) BRIDGE SCHOHARIE CREEK, NEAR AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, APRIL 5, 1987 |publisher=NTSB |access-date=2007-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118112303/https://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1988/HAR8802.htm |archive-date=2009-01-18 |url-status=dead }}

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|Schoharie Creek's Mill Point Bridge

|Wellsville, Amsterdam, New York

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1987|April|11}}

|NY 161 over the Schoharie Creek

|Flooding

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Total collapse

|The Mill Point Bridge is {{convert|3|mi|abbr=out}} upstream from the Thruway bridge that collapsed on 5 April. Flood waters from the same flood that finally undermined the Thruway bridge were up to the girders of the Mill Point bridge. It was closed as a safety precaution. It collapsed six days after the earlier collapse.{{cite web|url=http://www.eng.uab.edu/cee/faculty/ndelatte/case_studies_project/Schoharie.htm |title=The Collapse of the Schoharie Creek Bridge |access-date=2006-10-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007211915/http://www.eng.uab.edu/cee/faculty/ndelatte/case_studies_project/Schoharie.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2006 }}

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|Glanrhyd Bridge

|Carmarthen

|United Kingdom

|{{dts|format=dmy|1987|October|19}}

|River Tywi

|Train washed off railway bridge by flood waters

|4 killed

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|Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge

|Butterworth, Penang

|Malaysia

|{{dts|format=dmy|1988|July|31}}

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|More than 32 killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.mvfra.org/Tragic.htm |title=Tragic Disasters in Malaysia |access-date=2009-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227235055/http://mvfra.org/Tragic.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}

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|Ness Viaduct

|Inverness

|United Kingdom

|7 February 1989

|Railway bridge carrying the Far North Line over the River Ness

|Bridge foundations overwhelmed by floodwaters due to low tide in Beauly Firth causing waterfall effect

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Near total collapse, remains demolished and rebuilt in 1990

|Bridge confirmed to be structurally sound in 1987 and 1988 checks

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|Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge

|Between Covington, Tennessee and Henning, Tennessee

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|April|1}}

|Northbound lanes of U.S. 51 over the Hatchie River

|Shifting river channel, deterioration of foundation timber piles

|8 killed

|Total collapse

|NTSB faulted Tennessee for not fixing the bridge before the collapse

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|Cypress Street Viaduct

|Oakland, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|October|17}}

|I-880 (Nimitz Freeway)

|Destroyed in Loma Prieta earthquake

|42 killed

|Structure destroyed, remains demolished and removed. The ground-level Cypress Street is now Mandela Parkway.

|File:022srUSGSCyprusVia.jpgThe collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct seen from ground-level. Note detachment of upper vertical elements from lower and the lack of reinforcement at the point of detachment. Replacement route for I-880 built around West Oakland.

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|San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

|connects San Francisco and Oakland, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|October|17}}

|I-80

|{{convert|50|ft|adj=on}} section of the upper deck and lower deck collapsed in Loma Prieta earthquake

|1 killed

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|File:Bay Bridge collapse 2.jpgCollapsed section of roadway deck

Reopened on 18 November of that year. Replaced with a self-anchored suspension bridge and approach spans in 2013.

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|Swinging Bridge

|Heber Springs, Arkansas

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1989|October|28}}

|Pedestrian suspension bridge over the Little Red River; 1912 erected but 1972 closed for cars; 1985 placed in National Register of Historic Places

|Destroyed by pedestrians swinging the bridge

|at least 5 killed[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/29/us/five-killed-and-one-missing-as-bridge-falls-into-an-arkansas-river.html Five Killed and One Missing as Bridge Falls Into an Arkansas River] nytimes.com, Print, National Edition, section 1, page 24, 29 October 1989. Retrieved on 2024-03-26.

|Structure collapsed

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|Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge

|Connects Seattle and Mercer Island, Washington

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1990|November|25}}

|I-90

|Heavy flooding of pontoons

|0 killed 0 injured

|{{convert|2,790|ft}} of the bridge sank, dumping the contaminated water into the lake along with tons of bridge material

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|Astram Line steel bridge

|Hiroshima

|Japan

|{{dts|format=dmy|1991}}

|Metro railway

|While in construction, 43-ton steel fell to the road below.

|15 killed (5 workers and 10 civilians), 8 injured

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| Santa Monica Freeway at La Cienega Boulevard

| Mid City, Los Angeles

| United States

| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|Jan|17}}

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| 1994 Northridge Earthquake

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| Newhall Pass Interchange

| Newhall, Santa Clarita, California

| United States

| {{dts|format=dmy|1994|Jan|17}}

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| 1994 Northridge Earthquake

| 1 killed

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|File:Interstate bridge collapse, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.jpgRebuilt interchange named Clarence Wayne Dean Memorial Interchange in honor of the police officer who died falling off the collapsed bridge

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|Claiborne Avenue Bridge

|9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|May|28}}

|Bridge connecting the "upper" and "lower" 9th Wards

|Barge collision

|1 killed, 2 injured

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|Empty barge collided with a support pier for the bridge, causing a {{convert|145|ft|adj=on}} section to collapse

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|Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge)

|Lucerne

|Switzerland

|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|August|18}}

|The oldest wooden bridge in Europe, and one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.

|It is believed that a cigarette started a fire in the evening.

|0 killed, unknown injured

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|78 of 111 of the famous paintings were destroyed and the bridge burned nearly completely down. The bridge was rebuilt to match the original.

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|CSXT Big Bayou Canot rail bridge

|near Mobile, Alabama

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|September|22}}

|Railroad bridge span crossing Big Bayou Canot of Mobile River

|Barge towboat, struck pier in fog; span shifted so next train derailed; impact of derailment destroyed span

|47 killed, 103 injured

|Amtrak train Sunset Limited carrying 220 passengers plunged into water

|Bridge span had been made movable in case a swing bridge was wanted, and never properly fastened

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|Temporary bridge

|Hopkinton, New Hampshire

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|November|24}}

|Single-lane temporary bridge in construction zone

|Collapsed while being dismantled

|2 construction workers killed, 1 injured

|Collapsed onto roadway below

|Bridge had been placed to divert traffic from resurfacing project on U.S. Route 202

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|Seongsu Bridge disaster

|Seoul

|South Korea

|{{dts|format=dmy|1994|October|21}}

|Cantilever bridge crossing Han River

|Structural failure due to bad welding

|32 killed, 17 injured

|{{convert|48|m|adj=on}} slab between the fifth and the sixth piers collapsed

|File:1994성수대교 붕괴 사고01.jpgStructural failure was caused by improper welding of the steel trusses of the suspension structure beneath the concrete slab roadway.

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|Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway

|Kobe, Japan

|Japan

|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|January|17}}

|Elevated highway

|Earthquake - support piers failed

|0 killed. 0 injured

|Section collapsed on the Hanshin Expressway.

|Overpass collapsed following the 6.9 {{M|w}} Great Hanshin earthquake.

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|I-5 Bridge Disaster

|Coalinga, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|March|10}}

|Concrete truss bridge Arroyo Pasajero

|Structural failure — support piers collapsed

|7 killed, 0 injured

|Complete failure of two spans on I-5

|Due to extreme rainfall, the Arroyo Pasajero experienced high volumes of water at high speed. This caused scouring of the river bed undermining the support piers of both spans.

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|Elhovo bridge over the Tundzha river{{cite web|url=https://www.viapontika.com/index.php?page=article&article=9666|title=Деветима загиват в река Тунджа на Йордановден в Елхово преди 19 г.|trans-title=Nine perished in the river Tundzha in Elhovo on Epiphany 19 years ago |language=bg|website=www.viapontika.com|access-date=20 March 2019}}

|Elhovo, Yambol Province

|Bulgaria

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|January|6}}

|Suspension bridge

|Over 100 spectators crowded on one side of the bridge to observe the throwing of the cross (an Epiphany tradition) into the river when one of the suspension chains snapped and dozens fell into the icy river.

|9 killed

|Suspension chain snapped due to overload.

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|Walnut Street Bridge

|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|January}}

|Truss bridge

|As a result of rising flood waters and ice floes from the North American blizzard of 1996, when high floodwaters and a large ice floe lifted the spans off their foundations and swept them down the river.

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Lost two of its seven western spans, A third span was damaged and later collapsed into the river.

|File:Walnut street br1.jpgWestern span of the Walnut Street Bridge after it collapsed during the 1996 flood. The eastern span is still in use for pedestrian traffic.

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|Koror-Babeldaob Bridge

|Koror and Babeldaob

|Palau

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|September|26}}

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|Collapse following strengthening work

|2 killed, 4 injured

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|Maccabiah bridge collapse

|Tel Aviv/Ramat Gan border

|Israel

|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|July|14}}

|Athletes pedestrian bridge

|Poor design and construction

|4 killed (2 killed in collapse, 2 others indirectly), 60 injured

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|During opening of the 15th Maccabiah Games, a temporary bridge over the polluted Yarkon River collapsed causing two deaths the same day and infected many with the deadly fungus Pseudallescheria boydii, from which 2 more died later.

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|Eschede train disaster

|Eschede

|Germany

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|June|3}}

|Road bridge

|Train disaster

|101 killed, 105 injured

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|After derailing due to metal fatigue in one of its metal tyres, the Hanover-bound InterCityExpress high speed train collided with a road bridge, causing it to collapse onto part of the train. 99 people on board the train, as well as two engineers who were working near the track at the time of the accident, were killed.

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|Injaka Bridge Collapse

|Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga

|South Africa

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|July|6}}

|300m 7-span continuous pre-stressed concrete road bridge over the Injaka Dam under construction.

|Design faults and negligence.{{cite web|url=http://www.projectpro.co.za/Project_Parade/Injaka_-_Lesson_Learned/body_injaka_-_lesson_learned.html|title=Injaka Bridge Collapse: Lessons Learned|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-date=25 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125164530/http://www.projectpro.co.za/Project_Parade/Injaka_-_Lesson_Learned/body_injaka_-_lesson_learned.html|url-status=dead}}

|14 killed, 19 injured

|Structure destroyed. Rebuilt completed in 2000, now carrying the R533 over the Injaka Dam (Reservoir).

|Collapsed while being inspected. Victims include design and consulting engineers.

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|Maiden Choice Footbridge{{cite report |title=Final Report in Vehicle Collisions with Highway Bridges |author=((The Bridge and Engineering Software and Technology Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)) |publisher=University of Maryland |location=College Park, MD |date=November 2001 |id=Contract Number SP907B1 |url=https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blog.umd.edu/dist/f/392/files/2016/08/mdshacollisionreport-1p6v1cs.pdf}}

|Arbutus, Baltimore County, Maryland

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|1999|June|8}}{{Cite news |last=Alvarez|first=Rafael|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-06-09-9906090010-story.html|title=Beltway bridge collapse kills 1; Walkway over I-695 near Arbutus tumbles when hit by backhoe|date=June 9, 1999 |work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=April 16, 2020|publisher=Baltimore Sun Media Group|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news |last1=Sipress |first1=Alan |last2=Mishra |first2=Raja |date=June 9, 1999|title=Md. Bridge Collapse Kills Driver |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/june99/collapse0609.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 16, 2020}}

|Pre-stressed concrete pedestrian footbridge

|Collision with overheight road vehicle.

|1 killed, 6 injured

|The entire footbridge, the surviving span and the fallen span, were demolished overnight and removed by the next morning.

|Collapsed after being struck by an over-height and improperly secured load on a flatbed tractor-trailer.“Vehicle Factors Group Chairman’s Factual Report HWY-99-F-H022” (Washington, D.C.: National Transportation Safety Board, 2000)“Motor Carrier Group Chairman’s Factual Report HWY-99-F-H022” (Washington, D.C.: National Transportation Safety Board, 2000)

The entire structure - which was built in 1957 - had been closed for two years.{{update inline|date=September 2024}}

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|Struck by truck overloaded with cement

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|Pedestrian bridge

|Bhagalpur

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2006|December|}}

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|150-year-old pedestrian bridge (being dismantled) collapsed onto a railway train as it was passing underneath.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2696728 |title=International News | World News — ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=2013-04-25 |access-date=2013-10-30}}

|More than 30 killed

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|Run Pathani Bridge Collapse

|{{convert|80|km|abbr=in}} east of Karachi,

|Pakistan

|{{dts|format=dmy|2006||}}

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|Collapsed during the 2006 monsoons

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|Railway bridge

|Eziama, near Aba

|Nigeria

|{{dts|format=dmy|2006|December|}}

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|Unknown

|Unknown killed

|Restored 2009Railways Africa 5/2009 p36

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|Southeastern Guinea

|Guinea

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|March|}}

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|Bridge collapsed under the weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise.{{cite news |title=Bridge collapse in Guinea kills 65 |work=Reuters |date=2007-03-20 |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2018775220070320 |access-date=2013-10-30}}

|65 killed

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|South Korea

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|April|5}}

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|Parts of a bridge collapses during construction

|5 killed, 7 injured

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|Bridge being built between the two Southern Islands.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/world/south-koreans-killed-in-bridge-collapse/2007/04/06/1175366455336.html|title=South Koreans killed in bridge collapse | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=6 April 2007}}

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|MacArthur Maze

|Oakland, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|April|29}}

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|Tanker truck crash and explosion, resulting fire softened steel sections of flyover causing them to collapse.

|1 injured in crash, 0 from collapse

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|Span rebuilt in 26 days.

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|Highway 325 Bridge over the Xijiang River

|Foshan, Guangdong

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|June|15}}

|Motorway bridge

|Struck by vessel

|8 killed, unknown injured

|Section collapsed

|Unknown

|-

|Gosford Culvert washaway

|Gosford, New South Wales

|Australia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|June|8}}

|

|Culvert collapse{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/culvert-tragedy-blame-laid/2008/09/18/1221331006251.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Culvert tragedy: coroner blames council | date=18 September 2008}}

|5 killed (all drowned)

|

|

|-

|Minneapolis I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River

|Minneapolis, Minnesota

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|August|1}}

|Arch/truss bridge

|The NTSB said that undersized gusset plates, increased concrete surfacing load, and weight of construction supplies/equipment caused this collapse.

|13 killed, 145 injured

|Total bridge failure

|File:35wBridgecollapse.gifSecurity camera images show the collapse in animation, looking north. Collapsed at 6:05{{nbsp}}pm beneath bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic confined to 4 of 8 lanes due to resurfacing in progress. The rebuilt I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge was reopened on 18 September 2008.

|-

|Tuo River bridge

|Fenghuang, Hunan

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|August|13}}

|Unknown

| It is believed to be linked to the fact that local contractors often opt for shoddy materials to cut costs and use migrant laborers with little or no safety training. Exact cause remains unknown.

|34 killed, 22 injured

|Total collapse

|Collapsed during construction as workers were removing scaffolding from its facade

|-

|Harp Road bridge

|Oakville, Washington

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|August|15}}

|Main thoroughfare into Oakville over Garrard Creek, Grays Harbor County

|Collapsed under weight of a truck hauling an excavator{{cite web|title=Truck collapses bridge in Grays Harbor County|date=15 August 2007|url=http://komonews.com/news/local/truck-collapses-bridge-in-grays-harbor-county|publisher=KOMO News|access-date=22 July 2016}}{{cite web|title=I-35 Bridge Collapse Cause Map|url=http://thinkreliability.com/CM-I35.aspx|publisher=ThinkReliability|access-date=22 May 2014}}

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Majority to total collapse; temporary or permanent bridge is needed.

|Approximate weight of load was {{convert|180,000|lb}}; bridge is rated at {{convert|35,000|lb}}. Residents must take a {{convert|23|mi|adj=on}} detour.

|-

|Water bridge

|Taiyuan, Shanxi province

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|August|16}}

|

|180t vehicle overloaded bridge designed for 20t

|unknown

|Total collapse of 1 span of 2

|

|-

|Shershah Bridge – Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi

|Karachi

|Pakistan

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|September|1}}

|Overpass bridge

|Investigation underway

|5 killed, 2 injured

|

|Collapse may have been caused because of lack of material strength. The reconstruction is in progress.{{When|date=June 2011}}

|-

|Flyover bridge

|Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|September|09}}

|

|During construction

|15–30 killed

|

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/30-feared-killed-as-flyover-collapses-in-hyderabad/48341-3.html|title=News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18|website=News18}}

|-

|Cần Thơ Bridge

|Cần Thơ

|Vietnam

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|September|26}}

|

|Collapse of a temporary pillar due to the sandy foundation it was set on.{{Cite web|url=http://www.khl.com/magazines/international-construction/detail/item26047/|title=Inquiry reports on Vietnam's Can Tho Bridge collapse|access-date=2016-09-20|archive-date=2016-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007061240/http://www.khl.com/magazines/international-construction/detail/item26047/|url-status=dead}}

|55 killed, hundreds injured

|Section buckled while construction was underway

|File:CanThoBridgeCollapse2.jpgPieces of Cần Thơ Bridge remaining after its collapse on 4 October 2007, ten days after the accident. A preliminary investigation discovered that the engineers had underspecified the loading capacity of the scaffolding in several ways, but ultimately it was determined that the unevenly settling foundation was the primary cause of the collapse.

|-

|Chhinchu suspension bridge

|Nepalgunj, Birendranagar

|Nepal

|{{dts|format=dmy|2007|December|25}}

|

|Overcrowded suspension bridge collapsed

|19 killed, 15 missing

|

|

|-

|Jintang Bridge

|Ningbo, Zhejiang province

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|March|27}}

|

|Ship hit lower support structure of bridge

|4 killed, 0 Injured

|60m span of under-construction bridge collapsed

|

|-

|The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) bridge

|Cedar Rapids, Iowa

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|June|12}}

|Railroad bridge

|During June 2008 Midwest floods

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Three of the bridge's four steel spans were swept into the river along with 15 CRANDIC rail cars loaded with rock

|[http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/2/3/0/9230.1214197279.jpg The Cedar River was still swollen in this image taken 10 days after the bridge's collapse.]

|-

| Road bridge

|Studénka

|Czech Republic

|{{dts|format=dmy|2008|August|8}}

|

|Train crashed into a road bridge over the railway under construction, which collapsed on the track immediately before the arrival of a train

|8 killed, 70 injured

|

|File:Studenka train accident.jpg2008 Studénka train wreck

|-

| Somerton Bridge

| Somerton, New South Wales

| Australia

| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|December|08}}

| Timber road bridge

| Heavy flooding

| None

| Collapse of northern span

| Bridge collapsed during heavy flooding due to poor maintenance{{cite news|last=Chamberlain|first=Simon|title=Somerton Bridge closed indefinitely|url=http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/somerton-bridge-closed-indefinately-after-18-m-in-flood-related-damage/1376032.aspx|access-date=13 September 2010|publisher=Northern Daily Leader|date=8 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110919/http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/somerton-bridge-closed-indefinately-after-18-m-in-flood-related-damage/1376032.aspx|archive-date=6 July 2011}}

|-

| Devonshire Street pedestrian bridge

| Maitland, New South Wales

| Australia

| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|March|5}}

| Footbridge

| Oversized truck clipping main span

| 0 killed, 4 injured (Car & Truck Drivers)

| Main span falling on New England Highway, road closed for 4 days

| Replaced by taller Footbridge 18 months later{{cite web|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/pedestrians-injured-in-bridge-collapse-20090305-8p26.html|title=Pedestrians injured in bridge collapse|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 March 2009 |publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=2012-05-11}}

|-

|Popp's Ferry Bridge

|Biloxi, Mississippi

| United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|March|20}}

|Bascule bridge crossing Back Bay Biloxi

|A tugboat pushing eight barges hit the bridge pilings

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Two ninety-foot sections of the bridge dropped into the water{{cite web |title=Bridges and Ferries |url=https://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/bridges-and-ferries |accessdate=26 March 2024}}

|The bridge reopened to traffic on April 25, 2009{{cite web |title=Baltimore tragedy a reminder of Biloxi bridge collapse |url=https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article287095045.html |accessdate=26 March 2024}}

|-

|Bridge on SS9 over River Po

|Piacenza

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|April|30}}

|Road bridge

|Collapsed due to flood of River Po

|0 killed, 1 injured

|

|Replaced by a temporary floating bridge 6 months later, then by a definitive new bridge that opened on 18 December 2010{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0060105|title=New Po River Bridge|work=Structurae|publisher=Nicolas Janberg ICS|access-date=2011-08-06}}

|-

|Overpass on Hongqi Road

|Zhuzhou, Hunan

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|May|17}}

|Road bridge

|Collapsed during demolishing process{{Cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/z/hnzzgjqtt/|title=湖南株洲高架桥坍塌_新闻中心_新浪网|website=news.sina.com.cn|access-date=2018-03-22}}

|9 killed, 16 injured, 24 vehicles damaged

|

|

|-

|9 Mile Road Bridge at I-75

|Hazel Park, Michigan

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|July|15}}

|Road bridge

|Collapsed due to tanker accident{{cite web |title=Cops fault car driver in fiery tanker crash |url=http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/srv0000005860485.txt |author=Michael P. McConnell |author2=Catherine Kavanaugh |date=July 17, 2009 |work=The Macomb Daily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821192159/http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2009/07/17/news/srv0000005860485.txt |archive-date=August 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

|0 killed, 1 injured

|

|Rebuilt and reopened on 11 December of that year

|-

|Broadmeadow Viaduct

|Broadmeadow – {{convert|13|km|abbr=in}} north of Dublin

|Ireland

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|August|21}}

|Railway bridge

|

|0 killed, 0 injured

|One span of viaduct collapsed after tidal scouring of foundations;— first reported by local Sea-scouts.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/09/irish-bridge-aftermath|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908104853/http://www.railwaysafrica.com/2009/09/irish-bridge-aftermath|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2012|title=Irish Bridge aftermath|work=Railways Africa|access-date=15 November 2014}}

|-

|Tarcoles Bridge

|Orotina

|Costa Rica

|{{dts|format=dmy|22 October 2009||}}

|Suspension bridge built 1924, {{convert|270|ft|adj=on}} span.

|Overload by heavy trucks and dead loads (water pipes).{{cite web

| url =http://www.nce.co.uk/5209905.article

| title =Costa Rican bridge collapse kills six

| date =23 October 2009

| publisher =New Civil Engineer

| location =London, England

| access-date =1 November 2009

}}

|5 killed, 30 injured

|Bridge total damage

|

|-

|San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

|Connects San Francisco and Oakland, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|October|27}}

|I-80

|Two tension rods and a crossbeam from a recently installed repair collapsed during the evening commute, causing the bridge to be closed temporarily.

|0 killed, 1 injured

|

|During an extended closure as part of the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge over the 2009 Labor Day holiday, a critical failure was discovered in an eyebar that would have been significant enough to cause a closure of the bridge.{{cite news

| first =Janet

| last =DiGiacomo

| title =Officials: Crack may keep Bay Bridge closed past Tuesday

| url =http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/06/california.bridge.closed/index.html

| publisher =CNN

| location =San Francisco, California

| date =September 6, 2009

| access-date =September 6, 2009

}} Emergency repairs took 70 hours and were completed on 9 September 2009. This is the repair that failed.

|-

|Railway Bridge RDG1 48 over the River Crane near Feltham

|Feltham

|United Kingdom

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|November|14}}

|Brick arch railway bridge built 1848

|Undermined by scour from river.{{cite news

| url =http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/investigation_reports/reports_2010/report172010.cfm

| title = Failure of a railway bridge spanning the River Crane near Feltham in West London

| access-date =25 September 2010

| work=Rail Accident Investigation Branch

| date=23 September 2010

}}

|No injuries .

|River span beyond repair.

|Rebuilt as reinforced concrete.

|-

|Northside Bridge, Workington. Navvies Footbridge, Workington. Camerton Footbridge, Camerton. Memorial Gardens footbridge, Cockermouth. Low Lorton Bridge, Little Braithwaite Bridge.

|Cumbria

|United Kingdom

|{{dts|format=dmy|21 November 2009||}}

|Traditional sandstone bridges.

|Very intense rainfall produced extreme river loads that overwhelmed all the bridges.{{cite news

|url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8377314.stm

|title = Gordon Brown pledges help for Cumbria flood victims

| access-date =10 December 2009

| work=BBC News

| date=25 November 2009

}}

|1 police officer killed

|All bridges destroyed or damaged beyond repair

|See Barker Crossing.

|-

|Kota Chambal Bridge

|Kota, Rajasthan

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2009|December|25}}

|Under-Construction Bridge

|Inexperience Official{{cite news|title=Inexperience official|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-kota-bridge-mishap-was-due-to-inexperience-rti-2677938.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128053929/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-kota-bridge-mishap-was-due-to-inexperience-rti-2677938.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=27 December 2011}}

|48 killed, several injured{{cite news|title=48 labourers died|url=https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-kota-bridge-mishap-was-due-to-inexperience-rti-2677938.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128053929/https://daily.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JPR-kota-bridge-mishap-was-due-to-inexperience-rti-2677938.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=27 December 2011}}

|Total Collapse

|

|-

|Myllysilta

|Turku

|Finland

|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|March|6}}

|

|Bridge bent {{convert|143|cm}} due to structural failures of both piers

|0 killed, 0 injured

|

|Demolished June–July 2010

|-

|Gungahlin Drive Extension bridge

|Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

|Australia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|August|14}}

|Concrete road bridge

|Unknown

|15 workers injured

|Collapse of the half-built span

|File:GDE Bridge Collapse.jpgBridge collapsed during a concrete pour.{{cite news|last=Towell|first=Noel |title=Experts identify flaws in bridge formwork |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/experts-identify-flaws-in-bridge-formwork/1922511.aspx|access-date=29 August 2010|work=Canberra Times|date=25 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826013729/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/experts-identify-flaws-in-bridge-formwork/1922511.aspx|archive-date=26 August 2010}}{{cite news|last=Dziedzic|first=Stephen|date=25 August 2010 |title=Poor formwork behind bridge collapse |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/24/2992277.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716112251/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/24/2992277.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012 |access-date=29 August 2010|work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

|-

|Guaiba's Bridge (BR-290)

|Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

|Brazil

|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|October|01}}

|Concrete and steel bridge{{cite web |url=http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/almanaquegaucho/2011/10/26/do-orgulho-a-encrenca/ |title=Como foi a construção da ponte do Guaíba | Almanaque Gaúcho |publisher=Wp.clicrbs.com.br |date=2008-05-30 |access-date=2013-10-30 |archive-date=2013-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101161311/http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/almanaquegaucho/2011/10/26/do-orgulho-a-encrenca/ |url-status=dead }}

|Braking system (electrical) failure stuck the main span 9 meters above the lane rendering the bridge useless by (at least) 3 hours.{{cite web |url=http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/geral/noticia/2010/10/pane-no-vao-movel-da-ponte-do-guaiba-causa-colapso-no-transito-da-regiao-metropolitana-3059680.html |title=Pane no vão móvel da Ponte do Guaíba causa colapso no trânsito da Região Metropolitana — Geral — Zero Hora |publisher=Zerohora.clicrbs.com.br |access-date=2013-10-30 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021002033/http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/geral/noticia/2010/10/pane-no-vao-movel-da-ponte-do-guaiba-causa-colapso-no-transito-da-regiao-metropolitana-3059680.html |url-status=dead }}

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Bridge fixed

|Damaged probably due to a vessel which collided, bending the main span on April 30, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://diariogaucho.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticia/2010/07/ponte-do-guaiba-teve-sete-grandes-paralisacoes-em-10-anos-2990323.html |title=Ponte do Guaíba teve sete grandes paralisações em 10 anos — Diário Gaúcho |publisher=Diariogaucho.clicrbs.com.br |date=2010-07-31 |access-date=2013-10-30}}

|-

|Laajasalo pedestrian bridge

|Helsinki

|Finland

|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|November|22}}

|Steel reinforced concrete

|Bridge collapsed on a van and a taxi in when a personnel lift truck with the lift by mistake elevated passed under the bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2010112212743062|title=Yksi kuoli, useita loukkaantui - Kävelysilta romahti autojen päälle Helsingissä|website=www.iltalehti.fi|access-date=20 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5674055 |title=Yksi kuoli sillan romahdettua autojen päälle Helsingin Laajasalossa |trans-title=One died when the bridge collapsed on cars in Helsinki's Great Hall |language=fi|publisher=yle.fi|date=22 November 2010}}

|1 killed, 2 injured

|Collapsed on the road beneath

|Both other cars were driving in the opposite direction. The van driver died and taxi driver and passenger were injured. Bridge now rebuilt.

|-

|Overbridge over Chengdu-Kunming Freeway

|Zigong

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|July|1}}

|

|Truck crashed against concrete support pillar{{cite news

| url = http://www.businessinsider.com/china-bridge-collapses-2012-8?op=1

| title = Look At All The Major Chinese Bridges That Have Collapsed In The Recent Years

| access-date = 14 December 2012

| work=Business Insider

| date=28 August 2012

}}

|

|Overbridge destroyed, fell onto highway.

|

|-

|Gongguan Bridge

|Wuyishan, Fujian

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|July|14}}

|

|Overloading

|1 killed, 22 Injured

|Total collapse

|Entire bridge collapsed, tourist bus with 23 people on board crashed to ground

|-

|No. 3 Qiantang River Bridge over Qiantang River

|Hangzhou, Zhejiang province

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|July|15}}

|

|Overloading

|0 killed, 1 Injured

|Partial collapse leaving a 20-meter-long, 1-meter-wide pit in one lane

|Collapse due to two trucks each loaded with over 100 tonnes of goods crossing bridge

|-

|Baihe Bridge in Huairou district

|Beijing

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|July|19}}

|

|Bridge designed for max. 46 tonne vehicles, truck overloaded with 160 tons of sand caused it to collapse.

|0 killed, 0 Injured

|Entire 230m bridge destroyed.

|

|-

|Kutai Kartanegara Bridge

|Tenggarong, East Kalimantan

|Indonesia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2011|November|26}}

|Suspension bridge

|Human error. As workers were repairing a cable during maintenance work, a support cable snapped, causing the roadway to fall into the 50-metre-deep Mahakam River. Although poor maintenance, fatigue in the construction material of cable hanger, and the quality of material may have been the cause of the collapse, the exact cause remains unknown and undetermined.

|20 killed, 40 injured (33 missing)

|Deck completely destroyed, 2 bridge pillars were standing at the time of the collapse.

|File:Jembatan kutai kartanegara ing martadipura after collapse.jpgKutai Kartanegara Bridge on the day of the collapse. Replacement arch bridge opened in 2015.

|-

|Eggner's Ferry Bridge (1932) over Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River)

|Between Trigg County, Kentucky and Marshall County, Kentucky

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|January|27}}

|Truss bridge

|The {{MV|Delta Mariner}} struck the bottom portion of a span of the bridge when travelling in the incorrect channel of the river.

|0 killed, 0 Injured

|Span over the recreational channel of the river collapsed.

|Emergency repairs to bridge completed on May 25, 2012. There were preexisting plans before the collapse to replace the bridge with a 4-lane bridge over the river. The new bridge opened in April 2016, and the original bridge was demolished that July.

|-

|Limfjord Railway Bridge

|Aalborg

|Denmark

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|March|28}}

|steel beam, openable

|Ship collision

|none

|Mechanical damage

|All rail traffic cancelled for over a year, no alternative route. Reopened April 29, 2013.

|-

|Jay Cooke State Park Swinging Bridge

|Carlton, Minnesota

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|June|20}}

|Pedestrian swinging wooden plank and cable

|Raging floodwaters

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Multiple wooden planks washed away. Cables stayed intact.

|Closed for repairs. Reopened November 1, 2013.

|-

|Beaver River Trestle Bridge

|Alberta

|Canada

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|June|22}}

|wood, concrete, metal trestle.

|Three men set the bridge on fire.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/3-charged-with-arson-in-historic-bridge-fire-1.1261419|title=3 charged with arson in historic bridge fire|access-date=3 January 2018}}

|none

|Bridge badly damaged and closed.

|Bridge did not carry rail traffic anymore, and carried pedestrians, part of the Iron Horse Trail. Another small fire was set in 2015. Bridge is being rebuilt.{{cite web|author=Peter Lozinski|date=June 16, 2015 |url=http://www.coldlakesun.com/2015/06/16/small-fire-detected-at-beaver-river-trestle-bridge|title=Small fire detected at Beaver River Trestle Bridge|website=Cold Lake Sun|access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132430/http://www.coldlakesun.com/2015/06/16/small-fire-detected-at-beaver-river-trestle-bridge |archive-date=4 January 2018}}

|-

|Guangchang Hedong Bridge

|Guangchang County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|August|8}}

|steel, concrete

|

|2 killed, 2 injured

|

|

|-

|Yangmingtan Bridge over the Songhua River

|Harbin

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2012|August|24}}

|Suspension bridge

|Overloading; usage of unsuitable building material (suspected){{cite news

|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/asia/collapse-of-new-bridge-underscores-chinas-infrastructure-concerns.html

|title = Collapse of New Bridge Underscores Worries About China Infrastructure

| access-date =14 December 2012

| work=New York Times

| date=24 August 2012

}}

|3 killed, 5 injured

|100-metre section of a ramp of the eight-lane bridge dropped 100 feet to the ground.

|Main bridge reopened on the same day, ramp still defunct.

|-

|Tallon Bridge over the Burnett River

|Bundaberg, Queensland

|Australia

|29 January 2013

|Concrete road bridge

|Flood damage{{Cite news |title=Video proves Tallon Bridge damage is no hoax |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/bundaberg/video-proves-tallon-bridge-damage-is-no-hoax/news-story/0fb48d251f04ea13eb609b05c20182c0 }}

|No injuries reported

|Partial collapse of the bridge

|

|-

|Bridge under construction for road E6 at Lade/Leangen

|Trondheim

|Norway

|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|08}}

|

|Bridge collapsed under construction{{cite web|url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2013/05/09/two-found-dead-after-bridge-collapse/ |title=Two found dead after bridge collapse |publisher=Newsinenglish.no |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2013-10-30}}

|2 killed

|

|

|-

|I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse

|Mount Vernon, Washington

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|23}}

|Polygonal Warren through truss bridge

|Oversized semi-truck load carrying drilling equipment from Alberta clipped top steel girder causing bridge collapse.

|0 killed, 3 injured

|One 167 foot span collapsed.

|Truss bridges like this one require both the top and the bottom to remain equal in strength and solidity. When the truck hit the top girder, or girders, this caused the pressure/squeeze system to fail, which made the bridge fold up. The design was outdated; more modern types of truss can better withstand such forces.

|-

| Pedestrian bridge over Moanalua Freeway

| Honolulu, Hawaii

| United States

| {{dts|format=dmy|2012|October|6}}

| Concrete Pedestrian Bridge

| A dump truck was towing a trailer carrying a forklift, which impacted the pedestrian bridge over Moanalua Road.

| No serious injuries were reported and no ambulances were sent to the scene{{cite news| url = https://www.staradvertiser.com/2012/10/16/breaking-news/truck-crash-destroys-pedestrian-bridge-over-moanalua-freeway/| title = Truck crash destroys pedestrian bridge over Moanalua Freeway|access-date=29 January 2022|work = Star Advertiser|date = 6 October 2012}}

|

|

|-

| Scott City roadway bridge collapse

| Scott City, Missouri

| United States

| {{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|25}}

| Concrete road bridge

| A Union Pacific train T-boned a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train outside of Scott City, Missouri, at approximately 2:30{{nbsp}}am. The impact caused numerous rail cars to hit a support pillar of a highway overpass, collapsing two sections of the bridge onto the rail line. Two cars ended up driving onto the collapsed sections, injuring three people in one vehicle and two in the other. Two people on one of the trains were also injured.{{cite news|url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/25/us/missouri-train-collision/index.html|title = Missouri motorist couldn't stop before hitting fallen overpass|access-date = 25 May 2013|work= CNN|date= 25 May 2013}}{{cite news|url = http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/1972581.html|title = Two trains collide, overpass collapses in Scott County|access-date = 25 May 2013|work = Sikeston Standard Democrat|date = 25 May 2013|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131211062441/http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/1972581.html|archive-date = 11 December 2013}}

| 7 injured

| Two roadway bridge sections collapsed onto the rail line below.

|

|-

|Wanup train bridge

|Sudbury, Ontario

|Canada

|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|June|2}}

|Steel bridge

|Train trestle over the Wanapitei River near Sudbury, Ontario was struck by derailed railcar

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Total bridge collapse

|CP trains temporarily diverted over CN track. Bridge reconstructed with new pier in 9 days.

|-

|CPR Bonnybrook Bridge

|Calgary, Alberta

|Canada

|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|June|27}}

| Steel railroad bridge

| Partial pier collapse due to scouring from flood event of the Bow River

| 0 killed, 0 injured

| Partial bridge collapse

| {{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cp-responds-to-calgary-mayor-s-anger-over-rail-bridge-failure-1.1302523 |title=CP responds to Calgary mayor's anger over rail bridge failure |work=CBC News |date=28 June 2013 |access-date=20 February 2019}}

|-

| Acaraguá bridge collapse

| Oberá, Misiones

| Argentina

| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|April|12}}

| Concrete road bridge

| The total collapse of a road bridge over the Acaraguá river, when a passenger bus circulated, caused three dead and thirty wounded.

| 3 killed, 30 injured

| Total bridge collapse

|

|-

|Cable Bridge Surat

|Surat, Gujarat

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|June|10}}

|3-Way Interchange Flyover Bridge, A part of River Bridge; Concrete and steel bridge

|Collapsed during construction, Design flaw in curvature section of a span resulted in collapse of a curved span slab during the removal of staging plates.

|10 killed, 6 injured

|Total collapse of one wing.

|Bridge constructed after necessary modification in design.{{Cite web|title=Gujarat High Court|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61760658/|website=Indian Kanoon|access-date=2020-05-24}}

|-

|Belo Horizonte overpass collapse

|Belo Horizonte

|Brazil

|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|July|3}}

|Steel and concrete bridge
Part of improvements for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

|Construction error

|2 killed, 22 injured

|Total bridge collapse

|Bridge collapsed while under construction

|-

|Motorway bridge collapse during construction

|Near Copenhagen

|Denmark

|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|September|27}}

|Steel and concrete bridge

|Construction error

|Workers received mild injuries

|Partial bridge collapse

|Bridge collapsed during concrete casting, with debris falling onto open motorway below and narrowly missing vehicles, closing major motorway E47 for several days. The remains of the bridge were subsequently demolished and a replacement built elsewhere.{{cite news

|url =http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/samfund/2014-09-28-broekspert-om-kollaps-det-burde-ikke-kunne-ske

|title = Broekspert om kollaps: Det burde ikke kunne ske (Bridge expert about collapse: It should not have been possible)

| access-date =28 September 2014

| work=TV2 Denmark

| date=27 July 2011

}}

|-

|Hopple Street Overpass over I-75 Southbound

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|January|19}}

|Road bridge

|Old Northbound Hopple Street offramp totally collapsed onto roadway below during demolition{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/morning-commute-slows-after-southwest-ohio-overpass-collapse/ar-AA8nSWk?ocid=mailsignout|title=Morning commute slows after southwest Ohio overpass collapse|work=msn.com|access-date=20 January 2015}}

|1 killed, 0 injured

|Total bridge collapse

|Bridge collapsed prematurely due to a faulty demolition process

|-

|Plaka Bridge

|Plaka-Raftaneon, Epirus

|Greece

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|February|1}}

|Stone bridge

|Flash flood ripped foundations from the riverbanks

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Central section of the bridge collapsed

|

|-

|Skjeggestad Bridge

|Holmestrand, Vestfold

|Norway

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|February|2}}

|Box girder bridge, Motorway

|Partial pier displacement due to a landslide.

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Partial bridge collapse of Southbound span

|File:Skjeggestadbrua fra sørvest 2 crop.jpgThe Skjeggestad Bridge after collapse. One pier pushed askew due to landslide in quick clay affected area. Underlying reason to be determined. Northbound span shut down precautionary. Damaged section removed by controlled demolition and rebuilt.

|-

|Himera Viaduct

|Scillato, Sicily

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|April|10}}

|Continuous span girder bridge, Motorway

|Partial pier displacement due to a landslide.

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Partial bridge collapse of Southbound span

|

|-

|Pennsy Bridge

|Ridgway, Pennsylvania

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|June|18}}

|Cast-in-place concrete rigid frame

|Partial collapse during demolition.

|0 killed, 3 injured

|Partial bridge collapse of north half of span

|Structure was longitudinally saw cut, south half of the structure was open to traffic while the north half was in the process of being demolished. North half collapsed with 51-ton excavator on the bridge. Underlying reason to be determined. Northbound span shut down precautionary. After collapse, structure was fully closed and south half was demolished. New structure was built and opened to traffic on 26 October 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/three-workers-injured-in-bridge-collapse/129113491|title=Three Workers Injured in Bridge Collapse|date=19 June 2015|website=WEARECENTRALPA|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|-

|I-10 Bridge

|Southern California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|July|20}}

|

|Abutment displacement due to stream meander, which caused abutment scour. It caused by the remnants of Hurricane Dolores record breaking rainfall.

|0 killed, 1 injured

|Partial bridge collapse of span

|

|-

|Bob White Covered Bridge

|Patrick County, Virginia

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|September|29}}

|Covered timber bridge

|Destruction due to major flooding

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Bridge collapsed and washed away during flooding caused by severe rainstorm.

|

|-

|Grayston Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

|M1 road (Johannesburg)

|South Africa

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|October|14}}

|Single pylon cable stayed concrete bridge

|Collapse of temporary works during construction

|2 killed, 19 injured

|Contractor deviated from General Arrangement Drawing provided by equipment supplier.

|

|-

|Friesenbrücke

|

|Germany

|3 December 2015

|bascule bridge

|damaged by the cargo ship Emsmoon

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Central part, the moving section, was destroyed.

|File:Friesenbrücke2015-IV.JPGDestroyed center part, Image taken on 4 December 2015.

|-

|Tadcaster Bridge

|North Yorkshire

|United Kingdom

|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|December|29}}

|300 year old Stone Bridge Grade II Listed on 12 July 1985

|Partial collapse due to flood damage, also causing substantial gas leak

|No injuries as bridge had been closed for two days as a precautionary measure

|North East side of bridge collapsed severing connections between the two sides of the town

|File:Partially collapsed Tadcaster Bridge %2830th December 2015%29 002.JPGView of the bridge on the following day

|-

|Nipigon River Bridge

|Ontario

|Canada

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|January|10}}

|Cable-stayed bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway

|Bolts holding uplift bearing to main girders of the bridge snapped,{{cite news|title=Nipigon River Bridge bolts undergo testing to see why they snapped|url=http://www.cbc.ca/1.3399777|website=CBC News|access-date=12 January 2016}} due to design and construction errors.{{cite news |date=September 22, 2016 |title=Component design, improperly tightened bolts blamed for Nipigon River bridge failure |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nipigon-river-bridge-results-1.3774414 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=September 24, 2016}}

|No injuries were reported

|West side of bridge separated from abutment and rose 60{{nbsp}}cm above grade, but not seriously damaging the span

|Newly constructed bridge failed after only 42 days of use. Because the bridge failure severed the only road link within Canada between Eastern and Western Canada,{{cite news|last1=Husser|first1=Amy|title=Ontario's Nipigon River bridge fails, severing Trans-Canada Highway|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nipigon-river-bridge-closed-transcanada-1.3397831|website=CBC News|publisher=CBC|access-date=10 January 2016}} a temporary repair was completed the next day by adding weights to depress the span into position.{{cite news |date=January 11, 2016 |title=Ontario's Nipigon River Bridge opens to 1 lane after piece of decking lifts |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nipigon-bridge-transcanada-update-1.3398207 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=January 11, 2016}}

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| Perkolo Bridge (sv)

| Nord-Fron near Sjoa, Sel

| Norway

| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|February|17}}

| Truss bridge with glued laminated timber

| Mathematical error

| 0 dead, 1 injuredhttps://www.tv2.no/nyheter/15018191/ TV2.no. Retrieved 17 August 2022

| Complete collapse

|

|-

|Vivekananda Flyover Bridge

|Kolkata

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|March|31}}

|Steel girder flyover bridge

|Bolts holding together a section of the bridge snapped.{{cite web|title=Vivekananda Bridge Kolkata|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/at-least-10-killed-as-under-construction-flyover-collapses-in-north-kolkata-314022|website=ABP News|date=31 March 2016|access-date=31 March 2016|archive-date=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403031251/http://www.abplive.in/india-news/at-least-10-killed-as-under-construction-flyover-collapses-in-north-kolkata-314022|url-status=dead}} Reason for bolt failure remains unknown.

|27 killed, 80+ injured

|Fly over on Vivekananda Road Kolkata

|Collapse of bridge under construction

|-

|May Ave. Overpass

|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|May|19}}

|Girder bridge over expressway

|An over-sized load hit the bridge, causing a section of the deck to fail

|No injuries were reported.

|Partial collapse

|Driver was found responsible for collapse.

|-

|Savitri River Bridge

|Maharashtra

| India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|August|2}}

| Stone arched bridge over a river

| Dilapidated condition. About 100 years old.

| Two buses and few cars plunged into the flooded river. 28 dead.

| Partial collapse

| The bridge collapsed in the middle of the night, sending many vehicles plunging into the river. A nearby garage worker heard the noise and went to the bridge to stop cars, preventing further casualties.

|-

|Railway bridge

|Tolten River

|Chile

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|August|19}}

|Suspension bridge with steel deck truss.

|Cause undetermined—happened as a freight train was crossing the bridge

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Partial collapse

|3 spans collapsed into river on 118-year-old bridge{{cite news |date=August 19, 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37136908 |title=Chile bridge collapses as train crosses |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 25, 2016}}{{cite web |work=Cronica Ferroviaria |date=August 19, 2016 |url=http://wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.ca/2016/08/chile-caida-del-puente-tolten.html |title=Chile: Caída del Puente Toltén |trans-title=Chile: Collapse of the Tolten Bridge |language=es |access-date=September 30, 2016}}

|-

| Nzi River Bridge

| near Dimbokro

| Ivory Coast

| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|September|06}}

| Steel railway bridge

| While train crossing

| 0 injured

|

| One span of 1910 bridge collapsed.[http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/rail-services-suspended-due-to-collapsed-bridge-between-ivory-coast-and-burkina-faso "Rail Services Suspended due to Collapsed Bridge between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso"], Railways Africa, September 16, 2016

|-

|Yellow 'Love' Bridge

|Klungkung Regency

|Indonesia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|October|16}}

|Wooden suspension bridge

|Snapped sling due to overloading

|9 killed, 30 injured

|Whole bridge plunged onto river below

|Slings snapped while 70 people were on the bridge during Nyepi celebration in Bali. Authorities stated that the sling cables that snapped could have been caused by overloading. Most witnesses stated that before the collapse, the bridge had swayed and shook for several times.{{cite web|title=Kronologi Robohnya 'Jembatan Cinta' Nusa Lembongan Bali|work=nasional |url=http://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20161017084255-20-165948/kronologi-robohnya-jembatan-cinta-nusa-lembongan-bali/|publisher=CNN Indonesia|access-date=14 January 2017 |last1=Akbar |first1=Wishnugroho }}{{cite web|title=BNPB: 9 Korban Tewas Jembatan Ambruk Nusa Lembongan Warga Bali|date=16 October 2016|url=http://regional.liputan6.com/read/2627724/bnpb-9-korban-tewas-jembatan-ambruk-nusa-lembongan-warga-bali|publisher=Liputan6|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116170344/http://regional.liputan6.com/read/2627724/bnpb-9-korban-tewas-jembatan-ambruk-nusa-lembongan-warga-bali|url-status=dead}}

|-

|Lecco overpass

|Province of Lecco

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|October|28}}

|Concrete girder overpass.

|Cause undetermined—happened as 108-tonne truck was crossing the bridge

|1 killed, 5 injured

|Centre span collapsed onto roadway below{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksaQ4uHH5OU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901185222/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksaQ4uHH5OU&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2019-09-01 |url-status=dead|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|Allegations have been made that the maintenance company, ANAS, had requested that the bridge be closed before the collapse and that the request was denied by Lecco, pending documentation.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37810808|title=Italian bridge collapses on busy road|work=BBC News|date=29 October 2016|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|-

|Camerano overpass

|Province of Ancona

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|March|9}}

|

|

|2 killed, 3 injured

|Centre span collapsed onto roadway below

|

|-

|Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge

|Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Big Sur, California

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|March|11}}

||Concrete bridge

|Massive rain and landslide

|0 killed

| The foundation for one of the two piers was undermined by the landslide causing the pier to slide downhill with the earth around it and fail, and the deck to sag.

|Bridge collapse resulted in a 6-hour detour to get from one side of Big Sur to the other side, effectively splitting the community in half. It was replaced with a 310-foot-long span steel bridge that opened to traffic on 13 October 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/paffairs/pr/2017/prs/17pr119.html |title=Public Affairs Press Release: New Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge Restores Vital Highway 1 Link to Big Sur|publisher=Caltrans, State of California|date=2017|website=www.dot.ca.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}

|-

|I-85N, Atlanta

|Atlanta, Georgia

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|March|30}}

|Concrete Overpass

|Fire (allegedly arson) involving HDPE pipe and other construction materials stored under bridge critically weakened structure, which collapsed.

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Investigation pending as to fire cause

|File:I-85 bridge repairs over Piedmont Road, April 2017 3.jpgRepair work being done on the I-85 bridge

|-

|Sanvordem River Bridge

|Curchorem, Goa

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|May|18}}

|Portuguese era footbridge made of steel

|Dilapidation, bridge was closed for use.

|2 killed, 30 missing

|Bridge is scheduled for demolition.

|The bridge was closed for use, but several people wanted to watch the rescue work of an alleged suicidal.

|-

|Sigiri Bridge

|Nzoia River, Budalangi, Busia County

|Kenya

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|June|26}}

|Three span bridge with composite steel beam and concrete deck.

|Collapsed during construction

|0 killed, 3 injured

| Unknown

|Opinion is casting of decks was incorrectly sequenced.

|-

|Bridge No 'B1187 – 1978' on N3 at intersection with M2

|Johannesburg

|South Africa

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|August|09}}

|Multi-span reinforced concrete foot bridge.

|Collapsed at about 1:14{{nbsp}}am on a public holiday

|0 killed, 5 injured, 1 with critical injuries

| Unknown. No fatalities confirmed.

|Median column destructed by impact caused by 18.1 ton roll of coiled steel{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/sanral-reveals-reason-for-n3-bridge-collapse-20170906|title=Sanral reveals reason for N3 bridge collapse|date=2017-09-06|website=News24|language=en|access-date=2019-04-12}}

|-

|Ramat Elhanan Pedestrian Crossing on Highway 4

|Highway 4, between Bnei Brak and Giv'at Shmuel

|Israel

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|August|14}}

|concrete pedestrian bridge

|about 19:48

| 1 killed

|

|Vehicle collision.{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/233952|title=Watch: Truck collides with pedestrian bridge|website=Israel National News|date=15 August 2017 |access-date=3 January 2018}}

|-

| Provincial road Ksanthi-Iasmos at Kompsatos river crossing

| Eastern Macedonia and Thrace district

| Greece

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|September|10}}

| 3x simple supported spans of precast prestressed concrete girders, supported on reinforced concrete piers on shallow foundations in river bed.

| Probable cause is the time evolving scour and poor inspection. Exact cause remains unknown.

| 0 injured

| One span collapsed and the supporting pier was inclined from the vertical orientation.

| Many pictures from the collapse (Greek text) can be found here{{cite web| url = http://xanthinews.gr/απίστευτο-έπεσε-χθες-βράδυ-η-γέφυρα-στ/| title = Απίστευτο: Έπεσε χθες βράδυ η γέφυρα στον Πολύανθο. (κλειστός ο παλιός επαρχιακός Ξάνθης- Ιάσμου) ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ - Νέα, Ειδήσεις, Εκδηλώσεις στην Ξάνθη| date = 10 September 2017}} and a newspaper short report (English text) here{{cite web|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/221532/article/ekathimerini/news/highway-bridge-collapses-in-rodopi-no-injuries-reported|title=Highway bridge collapses in Rodopi; no injuries reported – Kathimerini|access-date=3 January 2018}}

|-

| Troja footbridge

|Prague

|Czech Republic

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|December|2}}

| simple suspension concrete pedestrian bridge

| Probably corrosion or damage of the suspension cables, impossibility of their effective inspection, impact of 2002 flood supposed.

| 4 injured (2 heavily)

| Total collapse.

|File:Praha, zřícená Trojská lávka (5).jpgDiagnostic research in 2007–2009 and in 2016 assessed the condition as wrong but not emergency. The last expert opinion was finished three weeks before the collapse. Since 2014, the bridge motion was continuously monitored every 2 minutes. The monitored data from 1:16{{nbsp}}pm indicated nothing extraordinary, at 1:18{{nbsp}}pm, the bridge was collapsed already. A footbridge from an important Prague park to the Prague Zoo over an arm of the Vltava river also collapsed.{{cite web|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/domaci/2321392-u-trojskeho-zamku-se-zritila-do-vltavy-pesi-lavka-jedna-zranena|title=Zřícená lávka u Trojského zámku zranila čtyři lidi, kontrolou prošla před třemi týdny|publisher=Česká televize|website=ČT24|access-date=20 February 2019}}{{cite web|title=Úřady: lávka nebyla v havarijním stavu, Praha dává do oprav mostů stamiliony |date=3 December 2017 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=20 February 2019 |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/trojska-lavka-zriceni-tiskova-konference-dolinek-tsk.A171203_111810_domaci_hell}}

|-

| Chirajara Viaduct

|Border between Cundinamarca and Meta

|Colombia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|January|15}}

| Cable-stayed bridge

| Design flaw in the transverse tie beam of the diamond pier caused the collapse.

| 10 construction workers killed, about 6 injured

| Total collapse of half bridge. Remaining half later demolished.

| Bridge failure investigated by the Mexican company Mexpresa, and American company Modjeski and Masters

|-

| Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse

| Sweetwater and University Park, Florida

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|March|15}}

| Concrete Pedestrian Bridge

|Partially constructed concrete truss bridge, a rare design. Main span (174 ft.) prefabricated and moved over busy city street. Faulty design (insufficient rebar for interface shear capacity), lack of redundancy, lack of peer review and oversight all contributed to failure. Work was performed while street was open to traffic.[https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR1902.pdf NTSB Highway Accident Report] NTSB/HAR-19/02, October 22, 2019, Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Over SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2018{{Cite web |date=July 2019|title=Investigation of March 15, 2018 Pedestrian Bridge Collapse at Florida International University, Miami, FL |url=https://www.osha.gov/doc/engineering/pdf/2019_r_03.pdf|access-date=June 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625213114/https://www.osha.gov/doc/engineering/pdf/2019_r_03.pdf|archive-date=June 25, 2019 |website=Occupational Safety and Health Administration}}

| 6 dead, 10 others injured.

|Complete collapse onto public street with heavy vehicular traffic

|

|-

| Pathein – Chaung Thar bridge collapse

|Ayeyarwady Region

|Myanmar

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|April|1}}

| Concrete Steel Suspension Bridge

|Built 2004, 60-ton specification was reduced to 20 tons, when a six-wheel truck crossed at midnight, 1{{nbsp}}am, bridge broke in half. Suspected steel rode. Exact cause remains unknown.

|2 people died{{cite web|title=Permitted tonnage of vehicles crossing Pathein suspension bridge halved as repairs commence |date=11 February 2016|website=globalnewlightofmyanmar.com |url=http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/permitted-tonnage-of-vehicles-crossing-pathein-suspension-bridge-halved-as-repairs-commence/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401214009/http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/permitted-tonnage-of-vehicles-crossing-pathein-suspension-bridge-halved-as-repairs-commence/|archive-date=April 1, 2018|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|Complete collapse into river

|

|-

|Wooden footbridge

|Zamboanga, Philippines

|Philippines

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|April|27}}

|Wooden bridge

|Wood decay

|0 injured

|Partial collapse into water

|A pedestrian bridge collapsed on film while a group of politicians and news crew were walking on it. No one was injured{{Cite web |last=De Guzman |first=Chad |date=April 27, 2018 |title=Zamboanga mayor blames housing agency for bridge accident |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2018/04/27/zamboanga-bridge-collapse-NHA.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220116013622/https://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2018/04/27/zamboanga-bridge-collapse-NHA.html |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=cnn.philippines}}

|-

| Rail bridge

| Budila – Brașov County

| Romania

| {{dts|format=dmy|2018|June|30}}

| Concrete bridge

| Collapse due to the flood

| 0 dead, 0 injured{{cite web|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/floods-romania-june-2018|title=Heavy rain causes floods in central and Eastern Romania|website=Romania Insider|date=30 June 2018 |access-date=20 February 2019}}

| Total bridge collapse

|

|-

|Cancura Bridge Collapse

|Osorno – Region de Los Lagos

|Chile

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|June|23}}

|Concrete bridge

|Possible loss of foundation

|1 dead, 6 injured{{cite web|url=http://t13.cl/noticia/nacional/colapso-puente-cancura-deja-muerto-y-seis-heridos|title=[FOTOS Y VIDEO] Colapso de puente Cancura deja un muerto y seis heridos|trans-title=[PHOTOS AND VIDEO] Cancura bridge collapse leaves one dead and six injured |language=es|website=t13.cl|date=23 June 2018 |access-date=20 February 2019}}

|One section directly over the river Rahue collapsed

|The bridge was under surveillance and undergoing maintenance work as several problems had been reported over the prior year. The Directorate of Hydraulic Works had reported only days prior to the accident to the Ministry of Public Works that mitigation measures were necessary as riverflow changes were causing potential undermining of the bridge foundations. Other suspected causes were improperly regulated extraction of sand and stones from the riverbed{{cite web|date=30 June 2018 |url=http://t13.cl/noticia/nacional/oficio-advertia-al-mop-problemas-puente-cancura |title=Oficio advertía al MOP sobre problemas en el puente Cancura|trans-title=Official document warned the MOP about problems on the Cancura bridge|language=es |website=t13.cl |access-date=20 February 2019}}

|-

|Zhejiang bridge collapse

|Hangzhou City – Zhejiang

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|July|28}}

|

|

|8 dead{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/28/c_137352764.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727184657/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/28/c_137352764.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2018|title=8 dead, 3 injured in lounge bridge collapse - Xinhua - English.news.cn|website=www.Xinhuanet.com|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|

|

|-

| Ponte Morandi motorway bridge collapse

|Genoa – Liguria

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|August|14}}

| Viaduct incorporating a cable-stayed bridge

| Collapsed due to structural failure

| 43 killed{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/08/18/news/crollo_genova_trovati_i_corpi_di_tre_dei_dispersi-204360358/ |title=Crollo Genova, trovato l'ultimo disperso sotto le macerie: è l'operaio Mirko. Muore uno dei feriti, le vittime totali sono 43|date=18 August 2018|website=Repubblica.it|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|{{Convert|210|m|adj=on}} section of the bridge collapsed

|File:Ponte morandi crollato.jpgPonte Morandi after the collapse; the bridge was demolished in June 2019.

|-

|Majerhat Bridge collapse

|Kolkata

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|September|4}}

|Major motorable bridge in Kolkata (ashpalt motorway)

|Possibly "had become too heavy and needed to shed load"

|3 dead, 25 injured

|35meter section collapsed with a bus, 5 cars and three two-wheelers on the span.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bridge-slumps-carrying-vehicles-257062?ref=hm-ft-stry-1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065314/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bridge-slumps-carrying-vehicles-257062?ref=hm-ft-stry-1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2018|title=Bridge slumps, carrying vehicles|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en}}

|In mid-2017 experts had issued warning that the bridge was too heavy. "The agency had mentioned that the vibrator index of the bridge was okay.... But it suggested shedding of load from the bridge as the structure beneath was carrying more load than it could bear," said a senior Bengal government official who was involved with the safety audit.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bridge-too-heavy-experts-had-warned-257060?ref=hm-ft-stry-3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065541/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bridge-too-heavy-experts-had-warned-257060?ref=hm-ft-stry-3|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2018|title=Bridge too heavy, experts had warned|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en}}

|-

|Bridge Collapse at Siliguri

|Phansidewa, Siliguri

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|September|7}}

|The small bridge built over a nullah at Mangachh in Darjeeling district

|The bridge was in a dilapidated condition

|1 hurt

|

|{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/another-bridge-collapses-in-west-bengal/articleshow/65715329.cms|title=Another bridge collapses in West Bengal, one injured|date=2018-09-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-04-12}}

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|Palu IV Bridge

|Palu

|Indonesia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|September|28}}

|Double Steel Arch, Roadway

|2018 Sulawesi tsunami

|0 killed, 0 injured

|Complete Collapse of both spans

|Bridge demolished in January 2019.

|-

|Dale Bend Bridge{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jan/31/truck-bridge-collapse-Arkansas-county/|title=PHOTOS: Truck driver was following GPS before Arkansas bridge collapse, official says|date=31 January 2019|website=Arkansas Online|access-date=20 February 2019}}

|Ola, Arkansas

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|January|30}}

|Truss

|Overweight truck

|

|

|

|-

|CST Foot over bridge

|Mumbai

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|March|14}}

|Concrete Foot Over bridge

|The structural audit has been conducted in an irresponsible and negligent manner.{{cite news|title=Reason of collapse|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mumbai-cst-bridge-collapse-bmc-report-engineers-suspended-1479166-2019-03-15|access-date=15 March 2019}}

|6 dead, 30 injured{{cite news|title=Damage|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/foot-bridge-collapses-near-cst-station-in-mumbai-several-injured-reported/articleshow/68413146.cms|access-date=15 March 2019}}

|Partial Collapse

|

|-

|Ponte sobre o rio Moju, Bridge over the river Moju collapse

|Moju, State of Pará

|Brazil

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|April|07}}

|Concrete

|Middle sections of the bridge collapsed after ferryboat crash

|Unknown

|{{convert|200|m}} section of the bridge collapsed

|{{cite news|title=Brazil bridge collapses in Pará state after ferryboat crash|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47843419|access-date=8 April 2019}}

|-

|Bishopsford Road Bridge

|Mitcham, London

|United Kingdom

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|June|14}}

|Road bridge

|Bridge scour caused by jack posts installed 4 days earlier caused instability and led to the partial collapse of the northern arch

|0 dead, 0 injured (the bridge was closed to traffic at the time)

|Partial collapse (northern arch)

|Fully demolished in July 2020 and rebuilt.{{cite news|url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/05032020-bridge-damaged-by-floods-will-be-demolished-and-rebuilt-for-2-7-million/|title=Flood-damaged Bishopsford Road bridge will be demolished and rebuilt for £2.7 million|publisher=SW Londoner|date=5 March 2020|access-date=28 December 2020}} Rebuilt bridge opened to traffic in October 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/south-london-bridge-finally-reopened-21917573 |title=South London bridge reopens after two years but buses still can't use it |date=20 October 2021}}

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|Nanfang'ao Bridge

|Su'ao, Yilan County

|Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|October|1}}

|Road bridge

| Corrosion and poor maintenance

|6 dead, 12 injured{{cite news |date=2 October 2019 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3788721 |title=4 Filipino, Indonesian workers perish after NE Taiwan bridge collapse, 2 still missing |publisher=Taiwan News |access-date=2 October 2019}}

|Total collapse

|File:Nanfangao Bridge collapse 20191001.jpgBridge collapsed due to corrosion, lack of proper maintenance and lack of repair, according to a final investigation report released by the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board in November 2020.

|-

|Wuxi National Route 312 Overpass

|Wuxi, Jiangsu Province

|People's Republic of China

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|October|10}}

|Concrete highway bridge

|overweight (186t) truck

|3 dead, 2 injured

|200 metres (660 ft) section of the elevated road toppled

|{{cite news|title=China bridge collapse kills three, injures two|work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bridge-collapse-idUSKBN1WQ021 |access-date=11 October 2019}}

|-

|Pont de Mirepoix

|Mirepoix-sur-Tarn

|France

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|November|18}}

|Concrete-steel bridge

|overweight truck

|2 dead, 5 injured

|150m long bridge collapsed

|{{cite news|title=Un pont suspendu s'effondre dans la rivière au nord de Toulouse : une ado de 15 ans tuée, plusieurs personnes recherchées|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2019/11/18/un-pont-suspendu-seffondre-dans-la-riviere-au-nord-de-toulouse,8547999.php|access-date=18 November 2019}}

|-

|Viadotto Madonna del Monte on A6 Highway (Savona-Torino)

|Savona

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|November|24}}

|Concrete bridge

|heavy rain, landslide

|0 dead, 0 injured

|30 long{{clarify|date=August 2022}} highway bridge collapsed

|{{cite news|title=Another Bridge Collapse Highlights Italy's Infrastructure Crisis|publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-24/viaduct-on-italy-s-a6-highway-collapses-during-landslide|access-date=26 November 2019 |url-access=subscription}}

|-

|Caprigliola bridge collapse

|Aulla

|Italy

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|April|08}}

|Concrete bridge

|Unknown

|0 dead, 2 injured

|260m long provincial road bridge collapsed

|{{cite news|author1=Giulia Segreti|author2=Francesca Landini|date=April 8, 2020|title=Bridge on Genoa to Florence road collapses, two vehicles involved|work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-bridge/bridge-on-italian-provincial-roadway-collapses-one-injured-idUSKBN21Q1E0 |access-date=8 April 2020}}

|-

|Bridge over Kola near Murmansk

|Murmansk

|Russia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|June|01}}

|Steel bridge

|

|0 dead

|railway bridge collapsed after foundations were washed away by strong water

|{{cite news|title=Russia's rail link to port of Murmansk severed by bridge collapse|work=Reuters|date=June 2, 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-bridge/russias-rail-link-to-port-of-murmansk-severed-by-bridge-collapse-idUSKBN2390X7 |access-date=2 June 2020}}

|-

|Tittle Bridge

|Canso, Nova Scotia

|Canada

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|July|7}}

| Truss road bridge

| Overweight truck

| 0 killed, 1 injured

| Total failure of bridge

| Crews were moving equipment related to replacement of the bridge across it when the collapse occurred.{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7150678/steel-truss-bridge-near-canso-n-s-collapses/ |title=Video shows moment when steel truss bridge near Canso, N.S., collapsed |work=Global News |date=7 July 2020 |access-date=11 July 2020}}

|-

|Pensacola Bay Bridge

|Pensacola, Florida

|United States

|15 September 2020

|

|Unsecured barge

|None

|Section of bridge collapsed

|An unsecured barge during Hurricane Sally crashed into the bridge on September 15, with a crane on said barge falling on the bridge, causing a section of the bridge to collapse into the Pensacola Bay.

|-

|Mexico City Metro overpass collapse

|Tláhuac Avenue, Tláhuac, Mexico City

|Mexico

|{{dts|format=dmy|2021|May|3}}

|Railway/Tram overpass bridge.

|Erosion, dilapidation, damage due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake

|26 killed, 70+ injured

|Partial collapse of a section of the overpass

|File:Incidente Línea 12 Ciudad México 2021 (2).jpgCollapsed section of the overpass, with a metro-train leaning over the edge.

|-

|Bridge over Salmysh near Imangulovo 1-Ye

|Oktyabrsky District, Orenburg Oblast

|Russia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2021|May|7}}

|Concrete road bridge

|Collapsed during repairs, erosion

|0 killed, 4 injured

|Partial collapse of bridge

|4 construction workers were moderately injured. EMERCOM/MChS are taking care of the rubble cleanup operation.{{Cite web|title=Происшествие в Октябрьском районе - Оперативная информация - Главное управление МЧС России по Оренбургской области|url=https://56.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/press-centr/operativnaya-informaciya/4455355|access-date=2021-05-13|website=56.mchs.gov.ru}}{{Cite web|date=2021-05-07|title=Четыре человека пострадали при обрушении моста под Оренбургом|url=https://life.ru/p/1395603|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Life.ru|language=ru}}

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|GA Route 86 overpass of Interstate 16

|Treutlen County, Georgia near Soperton

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2021|July|15}}

|Concrete and steel road bridge

|Bridge struck by raised dump trailer

|0 injured

|Road deck shifted {{convert|6|feet|m|0}}

|I-16 was closed in both directions from Exits 71 (GA Route 15/GA Route 78) to 78 (US Route 221/GA Route 56) as the compromised bridge was demolished and cleared.{{cite web |title=Major Georgia interstate to be closed for days after truck crash causes bridge to shift |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/georgia-interstate-bridge-shifts-6-feet-after-truck-crash-road-closed-indefinitely/5BRWDRQPWZC3HJIMZYQZSWWY54/ |publisher=WSB-TV |access-date=15 July 2021 |date=15 July 2021}} The affected section of I-16 was reopened within 48 hours of the incident, but GA Route 86 had remained closed.{{cite web |title=All lanes of I-16 back open after large truck hits bridge over interstate |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/damaged-bridge-demolished-crews-working-open-lanes-georgia-interstate/D6TS2SICSZE5ZD2WFNW5H4MTJA/ |publisher=WSB-TV |access-date=20 July 2021 |date=16 July 2021}} In October 2021, GDOT awarded a US$3.6 million contract to reconstruct the GA Route 86 overpass as well as repave {{convert|4|mile|km|0}} of US Route 221 that was damaged while I-16 was detoured, and the bridge was opened up to traffic in late July 2022.{{cite web |title=Construction on I-16 bridge overpass in Treutlen County to start in early 2022, GDOT says |url=https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/construction-on-i-16-bridge-overpass-to-start-in-early-2022/93-4b614a2e-3051-423e-8ade-bfebcccfb41b |publisher=WMAZ-TV |access-date=13 June 2022 |date=21 October 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Mallory |title=Highway 86 bridge over I-16 now open to traffic |url=https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/highway-86-bridge-over-i-16-open-to-traffic/93-ddf690bb-e433-4a75-a479-2607329f7d8e |publisher=WMAZ-TV |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=29 July 2022}}

|-

|Forbes Avenue Bridge over Nine Mile Run and Fern Hollow Creek

|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|January|28}}

|Steel frame continuous bridge with concrete deck

|Corrosion and poor maintenance

|0 killed, 10 injured

|Complete Collapse of deck and superstructure

|A bus carrying the driver and two passengers as well as four other cars were on bridge deck during collapse. A weight limit of 26 Tons was in place at the time of collapse.{{cite news|last1=Rittmeyer|first1=Brian C.|last2=Guza|first2=Megan|last3=Cato|first3=Jason|date=January 28, 2022|title=10 injured in bridge collapse in Pittsburgh's Frick Park|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|location=Pittsburgh, PA|url=https://triblive.com/local/frick-park-bridge-collapses-natural-gas-smell-in-area/|access-date=}} Following the collapse, PennDOT ordered reviews of structural adequacy for five other bridges with similar designs to the Fern Hollow Bridge immediately; those five bridges were found to be in "fair" condition at their last inspections.

Replacement bridge opened 20 December the same year.

|-

|Loay-Clarin Bridge

|Loay, Bohol

|Philippines

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|April|28}}

|Steel frame and concrete surface

|Excessive weight, earthquake damage{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Four dead after Philippine bridge collapses under heavy traffic - constructconnect.com |url=https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/infrastructure/2022/04/four-dead-after-philippine-bridge-collapses-under-heavy-traffic |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Daily Commercial News |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525221910/https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/infrastructure/2022/04/four-dead-after-philippine-bridge-collapses-under-heavy-traffic |url-status=dead }}

|4 killed, 17 injured

|

|Overloaded bridge collapsed into the Loboc River. The bridge had previously been damaged by an earthquake in 2013, and had a heavy dump truck on it when it collapsed. 3 Filipinos and an Austrian tourist died.{{Cite web |title=Overloading seen as cause of Bohol bridge collapse; authorities search for vehicles submerged in river |website=cnnphilippines.com |date=April 28, 2022 |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2022/4/28/Overloading-seen-as-cause-of-Bohol-bridge-collapse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430185346/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/regional/2022/4/28/Overloading-seen-as-cause-of-Bohol-bridge-collapse.html |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |access-date=April 30, 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Austrian tourist and three others dead in Philippines bridge collapse |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/austrian-tourist-three-others-dead-111227943.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |date=28 April 2022 |language=en-GB}}

|-

|Tretten Bridge (sv)

|Tretten, Øyer

|Norway

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|August|15}}

|There were two types of beams used for the trusses on the bridge: glued laminated timber beams were slanted, while the steel beams were vertical; weathering steel was used.{{cite web |title=Vegvesenet vurderte forbud mot stålet som ble brukt på Tretten bru |trans-title=Public Roads Administration was considering a ban on the (type of) steel - used on Tretten Bridge |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/2022/08/31/vegvesenet-vurderte-forbud-mot-stalet-som-ble-brukt-pa-tretten-bru/ |work=Dagsavisen |date=31 August 2022 |language=no |access-date=31 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vg.no/spesial/2022/tretten-bro-kollapsen/ |title=Ni teorier om Tretten |trans-title=Nine theories about Tretten |website=VG.no |author1=Sondre Nilsen |author2=Øyvind Engan |author3=Line Fausko |date=26 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/EadR7l/ekspert-om-brokollapsen-en-ingenioer-ville-neppe-kommet-opp-med-en-slik-bro |title=Ekspert om brokollapsen: − En ingeniør ville neppe kommet opp med en slik bro |trans-title=Expert about the bridge collapse: − An engineer would likely not have come up with a bridge like this |date=2022-08-18 |website=VG.no}}

|Block shear failure, which caused overloading of other elements in the truss.

|0 killed [https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/anita-bakken-reagerte-pa-unormale-bevegelser-i-tretten-bru-for-kollapsen-1.16069635 Reagerte på unormale bevegelser i brua før kollapsen] [Noticed abnormal movements in the bridge before the collapse]. NRK.no[https://www.dw.com/en/norway-drivers-rescued-after-wooden-bridge-collapses/a-62808144 Norway: Drivers rescued after wooden bridge collapses]. DW.comhttps://www.nrk.no/innlandet/tretten-bru-i-oyer-har-kollapset-1.16067776. NRK.no

|Complete collapse

|File:Tretten bru (15. aug 2022).jpgTretten Bridge on the day of the collapse.

Investigation is ongoing (as of Q3 2022).{{cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/Ead695/leter-fortsatt-etter-svar-det-er-ikke-veldig-behagelig-egentlig |title=Leter fortsatt etter svar: –⁠ Det er ikke veldig behagelig, egentlig |trans-title=Still looking for answers: − It really is not pleasant|website= VG|date=25 August 2022 |language=no|accessdate=25 August 2022}} It is not desirable to have (laminated) wood from the collapsed bridge, floating down the river; as of August, parts of the bridge were still being lifted out of the river and onto the shore, and investigators are taking photos while the parts are being disconnected from the collapsed bridge.

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|Sanibel Causeway

|Sanibel, Florida

|United States

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|September|28}}

|Concrete Girder Bridges

|Collapsed due to Hurricane Ian{{Cite web |title=Video Sanibel Island devastated by Hurricane Ian |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/sanibel-island-devastated-hurricane-ian-90704863 |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

|0 killed

|Partial Collapse

|

|-

|Ovčar Banja bridge

|Ovčar Banja

|Serbia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|October|13}}

|Pedestrian simple suspension bridge

|

|2 killed, 10 injured

|Complete collapse

|Bridge over the West Morava river that led to a monastery collapsed while a group of tourists was walking over it.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-13 |title=VIDEO: Pukao viseći most u Ovčar Banji, dve žene poginule, 10 povređenih |url=https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Srbija/319720/VIDEO-Pukao-viseci-most-u-Ovcar-Banji-dve-zene-poginule-10-povredjenih.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.021.rs |language=sr}} No one was found guilty.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Oslobođen krivice za pad visećeg mosta kada su poginule dve osobe, a povređeno 10 - Društvo - Dnevni list Danas |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/oslobodjen-krivice-za-pad-viseceg-mosta/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |language=sr-RS}}

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|Julto Pul

|Morbi, Gujarat

|India

|{{dts|format=dmy|2022|October|30}}

|Suspension bridge

|

|141+ killed, 100+ injured

|

|Bridge had been reopened four days earlier, following repairs.

|-

|Espoo bridge collapse

|Espoo

|Finland

|10 May 2023

|Pedestrian bridge

|

|24+ injured

|

|Mainly schoolchildren were injured.{{Cite web |last=Chantler-Hicks |first=Lydia |date=2023-05-11 |title=Group of schoolchildren among 24 injured as bridge collapses in Finland |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/finland-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-espoo-helsinki-children-injured-b1080363.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

|-

|Interstate 95 bridge collapse

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|United States

|11 June 2023

|Highway overpass

|Tanker fire on underpass

|1 killed{{cite news|title=I-95 collapse in Philadelphia updates: Human remains found in wreckage {{!}} Truck driver identified |publisher=WPVI-TV|location=Philadelphia, PA|date=June 12, 2023|url=https://6abc.com/i-95-collapsed-in-philadelphia-fire-overpass/13371656/|access-date=June 12, 2023}}

|Northbound lanes collapsed, southbound lanes damaged

|{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-interstate-i95-highway-collapse-fire-a90c5e3dd85de025050229bb6a37b780 | title=Section of heavily traveled I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck catches fire | website=Associated Press | date=11 June 2023 }}

|-

|2023 Reed Point bridge collapse

|Near Columbus, Montana

|United States

|24 June 2023

|Railroad bridge

|Train derailment

|None killed/injured

|Train carries hot asphalt/sulfur

|{{Cite web |title=Bridge collapse: Parts of train carrying hazardous materials fall into Yellowstone River |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/24/yellowstone-river-bridge-collapse-causes-train-derailment-by-billings/70353783007/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/experts-assess-train-derailment-that-sent-multiple-rail-cars-into-the-yellowstone-river/vi-AA1d0n9Q?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=52bf82b4dc694fa6829138af04868bff&ei=2 | title=MSN | website=MSN }}

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|Modak Bridge over Malan river

|Kotdwar, Uttarakhand

|India

|12 July 2023

|Road bridge over river Malan

|Collapse due to flooding

|None killed/injured

|Road Bridge over the Malan river connecting Kotdwar with Haridwar and Dehradun collapsed.

| {{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/Jul/13/uttarakhand-bridge-collapses-in-kotdwar-all-schools-in-the-state-closed-due-to-heavy-monsoon-rains-2594502.html |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=The New India Express |date=July 13, 2023 |title=Bridge collapses in Kotdwar }}

|-

|Randklev Bridge

|Ringebu, Innlandet

|Norway

|14 August 2023

|Railroad bridge over river Lågen

|Bridge collapsed during a flood, because a pillar in the river lost its foundation.

|None killed/injured

|

| {{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/jernbanebrua-i-ringebu-har-rast-sammen-1.16515698 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=NRK |date=August 14, 2023 |title=Jernbanebrua har rast sammen }}

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| Mizoram Bridge

| Sairang, Mizoram

| India

| 23 August 2023

| Railway truss bridge

| Bridge collapsed during construction

| 26 killed

| Railway truss bridge collapsed

| {{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/many-killed-after-under-construction-railway-bridge-collapses-in-mizoram/article67226189.ece/ |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=August 23, 2023 |title=an under-construction railway bridge collapses in Mizoram }}

|-

|Lixinsha Bridge

|Guangzhou, Guangdong

|People's Republic of China

|22 February 2024

|Road bridge

|Barge collision

|5 killed
3 injured

|A portion of the bridge collapsed.

|2024 Lixinsha Bridge collapse{{cite news |work=AP |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Container ship hits bridge in south China, killing 5 and knocking section of roadway into the water |url=https://apnews.com/article/china-guangzhou-lixinsha-bridge-collision-ship-accident-4b36a7400c125051534803beef6f7455}}

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| Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

| Baltimore, Maryland

| United States

| 26 March 2024

| Continuous truss road bridge

| Ship collision

| 6 killed, 2+ injured

| Complete collapse of main span

|File:FBI Baltimore MV Dali.webpA container ship, {{MV|Dali}}, struck a support column of the bridge. The collapse was caught on video.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=BBC News |date=March 26, 2024 |title=Rescuers searching river after Baltimore bridge collapse }}

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|Paninsky Bridge

| Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast

| Russia

| 8 April 2024

| Concrete road bridge over railway line

| Dilapidated condition of the bridge, possibly in combination with ground subsidence during the thaw.

| 1 killed, 6 injured

| Four sections of the bridge collapse onto the railway line; railway line, overhead line and other power lines as well as a gas line are damaged, train traffic is interrupted.

| {{cite news|url=https://rtvi.com/news/v-vyazme-obrushilsya-paninskij-most-pogibla-zhenshhina/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=RTVI |date=April 8, 2024 |title=В Вязьме обрушился Панинский мост, погибла женщина }}

|-

| {{Interlanguage link|Ponte di Visletto|de|Ponte di Visletto|WD=}}

| Cevio, Canton of Ticino

| Switzerland

| 30 June 2024

| Arch bridge over river Maggia

| Collapse due to flooding

|

| Partial collapse after flooding of river Maggia.

| {{cite news|url=https://ilgiornaledelticino.ch/vallemaggia-notte-tragica-crolla-il-ponte-a-visletto-frane-dispersi/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=ilgiornale del ticino |date=June 30, 2024 |title=ValleMaggia, maltempo tragico: tre morti in Bavona, un disperso, giù il ponte a Visletto }}

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|Road Bridge Shangluo

| Shangluo, Zhashui County, Shaanxi

| People's Republic of China

| 19 July 2024

| Road bridge

| Collapse due to flooding

| at least 38 killed, 24 missing

| As a result of heavy rainfall, a section of the highway bridge collapsed.

| {{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/08/02/en-chine-le-bilan-de-l-effondrement-d-un-pont-augmente-au-moins-38-morts_6265213_3210.html |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=Le Monde |date=August 2, 2024 |title=En Chine, le bilan de l'effondrement d'un pont augmente : au moins 38 morts }}

|-

| Road bridge of Yakang expressway

| Ganzi, Sichuan

| People's Republic of China

| 3 August 2024

| Road concrete bridge

| Collapse due to mudslide

| 5 missing

| Total collapse of road bridge linking two tunnels

| {{cite news|url=https://english.news.cn/20240803/e339940bc287433e86d4a859b8dcbf05/c.html |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=Xinhua |date=August 3, 2024 |title=1 rescued, 5 missing after tunnel bridge collapse in SW China }}{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/china-hit-by-second-bridge-collapse-in-a-month/a-69847327 |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=DW News |date=August 3, 2024 |title=China hit by second bridge collapse in a month }}

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| Sanhui New Bridge

| Qiandongnan, Guizhou

| People's Republic of China

| 8 August 2024

| Arch bridge

| Cracks in the bridge

| None killed/injured

| Collapse of two arches of bridge

| {{cite news|url=https://www.newsflare.com/video/669789/decades-old-bridge-collapses-in-southwestern-china |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=Newsflare |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Decades-old bridge collapses in southwestern China }}{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3274303/decades-old-bridge-collapses-southern-china |access-date=September 12, 2024 |work=SCMP |date=August 13, 2024 |title=Decades-old bridge collapses in southwestern China }}

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|Babb’s Covered Bridge

| Gorham, Maine

|United States

|24 August 2024

|Historic covered road bridge

|Overweight truck

|1 injured

|Truck fell through a section of the bridge

|{{cite web|url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/gorham-maine-covered-bridge-closed-overweight-truck/61976209 |title=Truck that fell through historic bridge was 6 times over weight limit |date=26 August 2024 }}

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| Phong Châu Bridge

| Lâm Thao, Phú Thọ Province

| Vietnam

| 9 September 2024

| Road truss bridge over Red River

| Collapse due to flooding caused by Typhoon Yagi

| 10 missing{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Typhoon Yagi collapses busy bridge in Vietnam |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxjn3w9228o |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=BBC News |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910003913/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxjn3w9228o |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Flooding sweeps away a bus and a bridge collapses in Vietnam as storm deaths rise to 59 |url=https://apnews.com/article/yagi-vietnam-storm-flooding-landslides-fdc1ab23b354b8b63a9c92213c3ec316 |work=AP News |access-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910003904/https://apnews.com/article/yagi-vietnam-storm-flooding-landslides-fdc1ab23b354b8b63a9c92213c3ec316 |url-status=live }}

| Collapse of truss bridge into river

| {{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/vietnam-typhoon-yagi-video-phong-chau-bridge-collapses-vehicles-plunge-into-river-6531982 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=NDTV World |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Bridge Collapses In Typhoon-Hit Vietnam, Vehicles Plunge Into River }}

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| Carola Bridge

| Dresden, Saxony

| Germany

| 11 September 2024

| Prestressed concrete road and light rail bridge

|

| None killed/injured

| Collapse of light rail bridge part

| {{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-bridge-in-dresden-collapses-into-elbe-river/a-70185172 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=DW News |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Bridge in Dresden collapses into Elbe river }}

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| Red Bridge

| Kamloops

| Canada

| 19 September 2024

| Road bridge

| Fire (allegedly arson)

| None killed/injured

| Total collapse and destruction

| Preceded by another, less destructive fire two days earlier.{{cite web|title=UPDATE – Red Bridge in Kamloops to remain closed to vehicles until further notice after early morning fire|url=https://www.radionl.com/2024/09/17/122329/|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=September 17, 2024}}{{cite web|title=Red Bridge Destroyed By Fire - Radio NL|url=https://www.radionl.com/2024/09/19/red-bridge-destroyed-by-fire/|date=September 19, 2024}}

|-

| Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge

| between Maranhão and Tocantins states (between Aguiarnopolis and Estreito cities)

| Brazil

| 23 December 2024

| Road bridge

| Poor maintenance (possible)

| 13 deaths, 4+ missing

|

| Several vehicles fell into the river, including a tanker truck which spilled its load of sulfuric acid. A local councillor, who went to the bridge to record the extant structural issues, captured the beginning of the collapse.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-bridge-collapses-spilling-sulfuric-acid-into-river-2024-12-22/ |title=Brazil bridge collapses, spilling sulfuric acid into river |date=22 December 2024| website=Reuters }}

|-

| Portland & Western Mary's River Rail bridge

| Corvallis, Oregon

| United States

| 4 January 2025

| Rail bridge

|

| No deaths or injuries reported

|

| Bridge collapsed as train was crossing, one car fell into Mary's River.{{cite web |title=No injuries reported as bridge collapses under train in Oregon |date=6 January 2025 |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/no-injuries-reported-as-bridge-collapses-under-train-in-oregon/}}

|-

| Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge

| Cabagan and Santa Maria, Isabela

| Philippines

| 27 February 2025

| Pre-Stressed concrete girder bridge, (PSCG)

| Design Flaws

| No deaths, 6 injuries

| Partial collapse (third span from Cabagan)

| File:Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge collapse 1.jpg

|}

• The General (1926 film): The fictional Rock River bridge, a wooden trestle bridge purpose-built for the film, is set on fire and later collapses as a train attempts to cross it.
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927 novel): An Inca rope bridge in Peru collapses, with the resulting deaths forming the basis for the novel's plot.
• The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952 novel) and its 1957 film adaptation The Bridge on the River Kwai: The building and destruction of the eponymous bridge form the basis of the plot. In the novel, the bridge is merely damaged; in the film, it is destroyed.
• Ring of Fire (1961 film): An unnamed bridge burns and collapses with the train on it at the film's climax.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966 film): The fictional Branston Bridge is demolished by two of the main characters. The bridge was purpose-built for the film, and needed to be rebuilt and demolished again after the first explosion was set off prematurely. No one was injured, but multiple cameras were destroyed.{{cite book |last=Munn |first=Michael |title=Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner |publisher=Robson Books |page=62 |location=London |year=1992 |isbn=0-86051-790-X}}{{cite book |last=Frayling |first=Christopher |title=Sergio Leone: Something To Do With Death |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2000 |isbn=0-571-16438-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/sergioleonesomet00fray/page/222/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive}}
• The Cassandra Crossing (1976 film): The eponymous Cassandra Crossing, portrayed by the Garabit Viaduct arch bridge,{{cite book| last=Billington| first=David P.| title=The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering| location=Princeton, New Jersey| publisher=Princeton University Press| year=1983| isbn=978-0-691-02393-9}} collapses when a train attempts to cross it.
• The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983 film):{{efn|The film was produced in 1979 and aired in the United Kingdom in 1980, but did not air in the United States until 1983.}} The fictional Madison Bridge, portrayed by the Astoria-Megler Bridge, collapses due to a multi-car accident.
• Train Man (1999 novel): The destruction of multiple rail bridges over the Mississippi River forms the basis of the novel's plot.
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005 novel): The fictional Brockdale Bridge is destroyed by the Death Eaters. In the 2009 film, this was replaced by the real-world Millennium Bridge, London.{{cite interview|last=Yates|first=David|interviewer-last=Utichi|interviewer-first=Joe|date=15 July 2009|title=David Yates Interview|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/david-yates-interview|access-date=4 June 2020|publisher=IGN|archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922142310/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/15/david-yates-interview |url-status=live }}
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 film): The Golden Gate Bridge is rerouted by mutants to create a path to Alcatraz Island.{{cite magazine|last=Daly|first=Steve|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/07/breaking-down-coolest-x-men-fx/|title=Breaking down the coolest 'X-Men' FX|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=7 June 2006|access-date=31 March 2024}}
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009 film): The Golden Gate Bridge is destroyed by a giant robot; Ginormica is able to save all of the commuters present.
• Final Destination 5 (2011 film): The fictional North Bay Bridge collapses in the opening scene. The scene was filmed at the Lions Gate Bridge.{{cite news|last=Lederman|first=Marsha|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/hollywood-destroys-vancouver-landmark/article586033/|title=Hollywood destroys Vancouver landmark|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=7 July 2011|access-date=31 March 2024}}
• Godzilla (2014 film): Godzilla, under attack by the United States Navy while in pursuit of 2 MUTOs, walks through the road deck of the Golden Gate Bridge.
• San Andreas (2015 film): Several notable structures in the western United States are demolished, including the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Hoover Dam and the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.
• London Has Fallen (2016 film): The Chelsea Bridge is destroyed by terrorists.
• Gotham (2018 TV series): Every bridge out of Gotham is destroyed in the climax of season 4.
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014 video game): A rogue private military corporation severs several supporting cables of the Golden Gate Bridge, dropping a large section of the main span onto a US Navy aircraft carrier.

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