bridge collapse

Truck Impact Eyed in D.C. Pedestrian Bridge Collapse Over Highway

June 23, 2021

Bridge spanning six-lane Route 295 highway apparently lifted off its moorings, reportedly causing non-life-threatening injuries to six motorists

Rapid Replacement of Collapsed Italy Bridge Could Be Project Management Model, Says Contractor

Peter Reina

August 20, 2020

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New span in Genoa was inaugurated Aug. 3, almost two years after fall of the city’s Polcevera viaduct that killed 43.

Engineering Disasters

Operator of Collapsed Italian Bridge Faces Partial Nationalization

Italian officials and Autostrade have reached provisional agreement related to the Polcevera viaduct disaster in 2018.

Peter Reina

July 21, 2020

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As a new 1.1-km replacement in Genoa nears finish, collapsed bridge operator Autostrade per l'Italia and government agreed to provisional terms to nationalize the firm.

Crews Place Final Span at Genoa Bridge Replacement

April 29, 2020

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About 20 months after the 1.1-km-long Polcevera viaduct in Genoa, Italy, collapsed and caused 43 deaths, the last span of its replacement went up the week of April 27.

Bridge Sections Collapse In Italy's Latest Infrastructure Failure

April 8, 2020

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Report states that there were two vehicles on the parts of the structure that fell.

Mountain Bridge in Northern Italy Lost to Landslide

November 27, 2019

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Authorities say incessant rainfall in northwest Italy caused a Nov. 24 landslide that took out a 65-ft section of the Madonna del Monte viaduct on the A6 highway, which connects Turin with the coastal city of Savona.

Two Motorists Killed as Suspension Bridge Collapses in France

November 20, 2019

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An overweight vehicle is thought to have caused the collapse early on Nov. 18 of a roughly 150-meter-long steelwork suspension bridge in Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, a French village 30 km northeast of Toulouse.

NTSB Vice Chairman Slams Design-Construction Team for Miami Bridge Collapse

November 15, 2019

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Bruce Landsberg laments the "group think" that pervaded the FIU bridge project's team members and led to the collapse that killed six people in March 2018.

Editorial: The Unspoken Messages in NTSB's Miami Bridge Collapse Report

ENR Editors

November 12, 2019

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The National Transportation Safety Board last came down hard on engineering and construction in 2007. Did group-think obscure last year's unfolding disaster in Florida?

FIGG's Theory of Collapse Failed to Sway NTSB Team

Scott Judy

Tom Ichniowski

November 6, 2019

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In its Oct. 22 announcement of the probable cause of the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board characterized the investigation as one of its most complex.