2000–present
Bridge | Location | Country | Date | Construction type, use of bridge | Reason | Casualties | Damage | Comments |
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Hoan Bridge | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States | 13 December 2000 | Concrete and steel bridge | Northbound right lane began to buckle during the morning rush hour and sagged a few feet below normal. Damage was said to have been caused by extremely cold weather, snow, and heavy amounts of traffic. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial Collapse | Damaged section removed by controlled demolition and rebuilt. Remainder of bridge extensively repaired and retrofitted. |
Hintze Ribeiro disaster | Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva | Portugal | 5 March 2001 | Masonry and steel bridge built in 1887 | Pillar foundation became compromised due to years of illegal, but permitted sand extraction and the central span collapsed. | 59 killed | Collapse of central sections |
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Asagiri footbridge | Akashi, Hyōgo[15] | Japan | 21 July 2001 | Whilst progressing to a summer firework festival, people stampeded and panicked | 11 killed, 247 injured | |||
Kadalundi River rail bridge | Kadalundi | India | 21 July 2001 | 140-year old rail bridge collapsed | 57 killed (all drowned) | |||
Queen Isabella Causeway | Port Isabel, Texas and South Padre Island, Texas | United States | 15 September 2001 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Laguna Madre | 4 loaded barges veered 175 feet (53 m) west of the navigation channel and struck one of the bridge supports, causing a partial collapse of 3 sections measuring approximately 80 feet (24 m) each. | 8 killed, 13 survivors | Partial collapse |
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I-40 bridge disaster | Webbers Falls, Oklahoma | United States | 26 May 2002 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Arkansas River | Barge struck one pier of the bridge causing a partial collapse | 14 killed | Partial collapse |
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Rafiganj rail bridge | Rafiganj | India | 10 September 2002 | Terrorists sabotaged rail bridge, causing crash | 130 killed | |||
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge, | Latchford, Ontario, | Canada | 14 January 2003 | Partial failure under load of transport truck during severely cold temperatures. Fatigue fractures of three steel hanger rods cited to be primary reason for failure. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial failure of bridge deck. Overhead superstructure undamaged. | Bridge reopened after complete reconstruction. Existing overhead arch remained, however new bridge deck was designed to be supported by sets of 4 hanger cables, where the existing deck was designed for single hanger cables. | |
Kinzua Bridge | Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania | United States | 21 July 2003 | Historic steel rail viaduct | Hit by tornado with 100 mph winds | 0 killed | Partial collapse |
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Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge replacement project | Connecticut | United States | February 2004 | Collapse occurred in during demolition of the original 1940 span | 1 killed | Single fatality occurred when the crane he was operating was knocked from its barge by falling steel from the bridge | ||
Interstate 95 Howard Avenue Overpass | Bridgeport, Connecticut | United States | 26 March 2004 | Girder and Floorbeam | Car struck a truck carrying 8,000 US gallons (30,000 litres; 6,700 imperial gallons) of heating oil, igniting a fire that melted the bridge superstructure, causing collapse of the southbound lanes | 0 killed, 1 injured | Partial collapse | Northbound lanes shored up with falsework and reopened 3 days later; temporary bridge installed to carry southbound lanes. New permanent bridge completed in November 2004. |
Big Nickel Road Bridge | Sudbury, Ontario | Canada | 7 May 2004 | 0 killed | Collapsed onto roadway below during construction | [16][17] | ||
C-470 overpass over I-70 | Golden, Colorado | United States | 15 May 2004 | As part of a construction project, a girder twisted, sagged, and fell onto I-70. An SUV was driving eastbound and struck the fallen girder; the top of the vehicle was torn off and the three passengers died instantly.[18] | 3 killed, 0 injured | Girder collapse | ||
Mungo Bridge[19] | Cameroon | 1 July 2004 | Steel girder for road traffic | Partial collapse | Yet to be repaired | |||
Loncomilla Bridge | near San Javier | Chile | 18 November 2004 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Maule River | The structure was not built on rock, but rather on fluvial ground. | 0 killed, 8 injured | Partial collapse | Bridge was later repaired |
Veligonda Railway Bridge | India | 29 October 2005 | Railway bridge | flood washed rail bridge away | 114 killed | |||
Almuñécar motorway bridge | Almuñécar, Province of Granada | Spain | 7 November 2005 | Motorway bridge | Part collapsed during construction, reason unknown | 6 killed, 3 injured | A 60-metre (200 ft) long part fell 50 metres (160 ft) | |
Caracas-La Guaira highway, Viaduct #1 | Tacagua | Venezuela | 19 March 2006 | Highway viaduct over a gorge | Landslides | 0 killed, 0 injured | Total collapse | Demolished, it was rebuilt and reopened on 21 June 2007 |
E45 Bridge | Nørresundby | Denmark | 25 April 2006 | Road bridge | Collapsed during reconstruction due to miscalculation | 1 killed | Bridge total damage | [20] |
Yekaterinburg bridge collapse | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 6 September 2006 | Collapse during construction | 0 killed, 0 injured | |||
Highway 19 overpass at Laval (De la Concorde Overpass collapse) | Laval, Quebec | Canada | 30 September 2006 | Highway overpass | Shear failure due to incorrectly placed rebar, low-quality concrete | 5 killed, 6 injured | 20-metre (66 ft) section gave way | Demolished; was rebuilt, reopened on 13 June 2007.[21] |
Nimule | Nimule | Kenya/Sudan | October 2006 | Struck by truck overloaded with cement | ||||
Pedestrian bridge | Bhagalpur | India | December 2006 | 150-year-old pedestrian bridge (being dismantled) collapsed onto a railway train as it was passing underneath.[22] | More than 30 killed | |||
Railway bridge | Eziama[disambiguation needed], near Aba | Nigeria | December 2006 | Unknown | Unknown killed | Restored 2009[23] | ||
Run Pathani Bridge Collapse | 80 km (50 miles) east of Karachi, | Pakistan | 2006 | Collapsed during the 2006 monsoons | ||||
South eastern Guinea | Guinea | March 2007 | Bridge collapsed under the weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise.[24] | 65 killed | ||||
South Korea | 5 April 2007 | Parts of a bridge collapses during construction | 5 killed, 7 injured | Bridge being built between the two Southern Islands.[25] | ||||
MacArthur Maze | Oakland, California | United States | 29 April 2007 | Tanker truck crash and explosion, resulting fire softened steel sections of flyover causing them to collapse. | 1 injured in crash, 0 from collapse | Span rebuilt in 26 days. | ||
Highway 325 Bridge over the Xijiang River | Foshan, Guangdong | China | 15 June 2007 | Motorway bridge | Struck by vessel | 8 killed, unknown injured | Section collapsed | Unknown |
Gosford Culvert washaway | Australia | 8 June 2007 | Culvert collapse[26] | 5 killed (all drowned) | ||||
Minneapolis I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States | 1 August 2007 | 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 |
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Tuo River bridge | Fenghuang, Hunan | China | 13 August 2007 | Unknown | Currently under investigation,[needs update] 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 | 34 killed, 22 injured | Total collapse | Collapsed during construction as workers were removing scaffolding from its facade |
Harp Road bridge | Oakville, Washington | United States | 15 August 2007 | Main thoroughfare into Oakville over Garrard Creek, Grays Harbor County | Collapsed under weight of a truck hauling an excavator[27][28][29] | 0 killed, 0 injured | Majority to total collapse; temporary or permanent bridge is needed. | Approximate weight of load was 180,000 pounds (82,000 kg); bridge is rated at 35,000 pounds (16,000 kg). Residents must take a 23-mile (37 km) detour. |
Water bridge | Taiyuan, Shanxi province | China | 16 August 2007 | 180t vehicle overloaded bridge designed for 20t[30] | unknown | total collapse of 1 span of 2 | ||
Shershah Bridge – Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi | Karachi | Pakistan | 1 September 2007 | 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?] | |
Flyover bridge | Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | India | 9 September 2007 | During construction | 15-30 killed | [31] | ||
C?n Th? Bridge | C?n Th? | Vietnam | 26 September 2007 | Investigation underway | 36-60 killed, hundreds injured | Section buckled while construction was underway |
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Chhinchu suspension bridge | Nepalgunj, Birendranagar | Nepal | 25 December 2007 | Overcrowded suspension bridge collapsed | 19 killed, 15 missing | |||
Jintang Bridge | Ningbo, Zhejiang province | China | 27 March 2008 | Ship hit lower support structure of bridge[30] | 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 | 12 June 2008 | 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 | The Cedar River was still swollen in this image taken 10 days after the bridge's collapse. |
Road bridge | Studénka | Czech Republic | 8 August 2008 | 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 | |||
Somerton Bridge | Somerton, NSW | Australia | 8 December 2008 | Timber road bridge | Heavy flooding | None | Collapse of northern span | Bridge collapsed during heavy flooding due to poor maintenance[32] |
Devonshire Street pedestrian bridge | Maitland NSW | Australia | 5 March 2009 | Footbridge | Over Sized 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[33] |
Bridge on SS9 over River Po | Piacenza | Italy | 30 April 2009 | 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[34] | |
9 Mile Road Bridge at I-75 | Hazel Park, Michigan | United States | 15 July 2009 | Road Bridge | Collapsed due to tanker accident[35] | 0 killed, 1 injured | Rebuilt and reopened on 11 December of that year | |
Malahide Viaduct | Broadmeadow – 13 km (8.1 miles) north of Dublin | Ireland | 21 August 2009 | Railway bridge | One span of viaduct collapsed after tidal scouring of foundations — first reported by local Sea-scouts. | [36] | ||
Tarcoles Bridge | Orotina | Costa Rica | 22 October 2009 | Suspension bridge built 1924, 270-foot (82 m) span. | Overload by heavy trucks and dead loads (water pipes).[37] | 5 killed, 30 injured | Bridge total damage | |
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge | Connects San Francisco and Oakland, California | United States | 27 October 2009 | 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 injury | 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.[38] 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 | England | 14 November 2009 | Brick arch railway bridge built 1848 | Undermined by scour from river.[39] | 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 | England | 21 November 2009 | Traditional sandstone bridges. | Very intense rainfall produced extreme river loads that overwhelmed all the bridges.[40] | 1 policeman killed | All bridges destroyed or damaged beyond repair | See Barker Crossing. |
Kota Chambal Bridge | Kota, Rajasthan | India | 25 December 2009 | 9 killed, 45 missing[41] | Bridge collapsed while under construction | |||
Myllysilta | Turku | Finland | 6 March 2010 | Bridge bent 143 centimetres (56 in) due to structural failures of both piers | 0 killed, 0 injured | Demolished June–July 2010 | ||
Gungahlin Drive Extension bridge | Canberra | Australia | 14 August 2010 | Concrete road bridge | Under investigation | 15 workers injured | Collapse of the half-built span |
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Guaiba's Bridge (BR-290) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 1 October 2010 | Concrete and steel bridge [44] | Braking system (electrical) failure stuck the main span 9 meters above the lane rendering the bridge useless by (at least) 3 hours.[45] | 0 killed, 0 injured | Bridge fixed | Damaged probably due to a vessel which collided, bending the main span in April 30, 2008.[46] |
Overbridge over Chengdu-Kunming Freeway | Zigong | China | 1 July 2011 | Truck crashed against concrete support pillar[30] | Overbridge destroyed, fell onto highway. | |||
Gongguan Bridge | Wuyishan, Fujian | China | 14 July 2011 | Overloading[47] | 1 Killed, 22 Injured | Entire bridge collapsed, tourist bus with 23 people on board crashed to ground | ||
No. 3 Qiantang River Bridge over Qiantang River | Hangzhou, Zhejiang province | China | 15 July 2011 | Overloading[47] | 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[30] | |
Baihe Bridge in Huairou district | Beijing | China | 19 July 2011 | Bridge designed for max. 46 tonne vehicles, truck overloaded with 160 tons of sand caused it to collapse.[47] | 0 Killed, 0 Injured | Entire 230m bridge destroyed. | ||
Kutai Kartanegara Bridge | Tenggarong, East Kalimantan | Indonesia | 26 November 2011 | Suspension bridge | Human error. Bridge collapsed while workers repaired a cable. (Under investigation) | 20 Killed, 40 Injured (33 missing) | Deck completely destroyed, 2 bridge pillars still standing |
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Eggner Ferry Bridge over the Tennessee River | Between Trigg County, Kentucky and Marshall County, Kentucky | United States | 27 January 2012 | 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. |
Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden | Aalborg | Denmark | 28 March 2012 | steel beam, openable | Ship collision | none | Mechanical damage | All rail traffic cancelled for over a year, no alternative route |
Yangmingtan Bridge over the Songhua River | Harbin | China | 24 August 2012 | Suspension Bridge | Overloading; usage of unsuitable building material (suspected)[48] | 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. |
Bridge under construction for road E6 at Lade/Leangen | Trondheim | Norway | 8 May 2013 | Bridge collapsed under construction[49] | 2 killed | |||
I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse | Mount Vernon, Washington | United States | 23 May 2013 | 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. |
Scott City roadway bridge collapse | Scott City, Missouri | United States | 25 May 2013 | Concrete road bridge | A Union Pacific train T-boned a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train outside of Scott City, Missouri at approximately 2:30 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.[50][51] | 7 injured | Two roadway bridge sections collapsed onto the rail line below. | |
Wanup train bridge | Sudbury, Ontario | Canada | 2 June 2013 | 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 | 27 June 2013 | Steel railroad bridge | Partial pier collapse due to scouring from flood event of the Bow River | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial Bridge Collapse | See: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/06/27/calgary-flood-train-derailment-bonnybrook-bridge.html |
Belo Horizonte overpass collapse | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Brazil | 3 July 2014 | Steel and concrete bridge Part of improvements for the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
To be determined | 2 killed, 22 injured | Total bridge collapse | Bridge collapsed while under construction |
Hopple Street Overpass over I-75 Southbound | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States | 19 January 2015 | Road bridge | Old Northbound Hopple Street offramp totally collapsed onto roadway below during demolition | 1 killed, 0 injured | Total bridge collapse | Bridge collapsed prematurely due to a faulty demolition process |
Plaka Bridge | Plaka-Raftaneon, Epirus | Greece | 1 February 2015 | Stone bridge | Flash flood ripped foundations from the riverbanks | 0 killed, 0 injured | Central section of the bridge collapsed | |
Skjeggestad Bridge | Holmestrand | Norway | 2 February 2015 | Prestressed concrete | Partial pier displacement due to landslide. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial bridge collapse of South bound span |