Accident

25 Mar 25

USA safety board calls for vessel strike risk checks on 68 bridges

NTSB calls on 30 bridge owners to assess bridges for vessel strike risk.
04 Mar 25

Design concept revealed for Francis Scott Key Bridge

US state governor honours workers killed in bridge collapse.
04 Mar 25

New Philippines bridge fails under laden truck

One span of a new PSCG bridge in the Philippines collapses injuring six.

25 Feb 25

Fatal bridge collapse on South Korean road project

Four dead and six injured as bridge slabs fall from piers.

11 Feb 25

Poor planning led to crane on barge striking US bridge

Accident report on $145,000 Mackinac Bridge strike.
17 Dec 24

Normal inspection regime could not have anticipated German bridge fail

Independent expert confirms Carola Bridge collapsed because of construction methods.
08 Nov 24

Phoenix rising

The designer of a steel footbridge that collapsed in Italy during load testing identifies the reasons for the failure and outlines the lessons implemented in the execution of a second version, which he also designed and then personally funded. Marco Peroni writes
08 Nov 24

Getting back on track

A successful emergency intervention resulted in a key rail bridge in Norway reopening only nine months after its partial collapse. Eve Boykova finds out how
26 Sep 24

Fire destroys historic Canadian truss bridge

Suspected arson caused timber bridge fire, say emergency services.
12 Sep 24

Safety work starts on failed German tram bridge

Federal agency gets to work on Dresden tram bridge that collapsed into river.
22 Jul 24

China: road bridge collapse

Bridge deck collapses as floodwater rages through piers.
25 Jun 24

Track damaged in US bridge deck blaze

West Virginia and Maryland rail travel disrupted by bridge fire.

13 Jun 24

Contract awarded for Francis Scott Key salvage

Swedish construction company joins clean-up of collapsed Baltimore bridge.
23 Apr 24

Faults in planning, design, control and approval led to Norway bridge collapse

Bridge with unconventional design should have been treated with more caution, says Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority.
28 Mar 24

Accident investigators begin collecting data on fatal Baltimore bridge strike

Francis Scott Key was one of USA’s 17,468 fracture critical bridges.
26 Mar 24

Mass casualty bridge collapse in Baltimore, USA

Steel bridge collapses after container ship strikes pier.

19 Mar 24

Street cleaner injured in French stone bridge collapse

A stone bridge failure in France injures one motorist.
28 Feb 24

Netherlands bridge lift fatalities

Two workers killed in Dutch beam lift accident.
22 Feb 24

Barge strike kills five on Chinese road bridge

A bridge near Guangzhou City collapsed when a barge struck a pier with five confirmed deaths.
29 Dec 23

Natural gas truck hits NY rail bridge and explodes

Train passes over burning truck after bridge strike in Glenville, NY, USA.

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