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Table 3.6 History of failures during construction (constructability issues) (continued).
German Bridges Location Year Details
A3 motorway bridge (Main River) Near Aschaffenburg 1988 Critical load case during incremental launch not included,
shear failure during construction
Approach bridge Cologne-Wahn Airport 1995 Scaffolding collapsed under weight of fresh concrete
(beam-and-slab) —construction failure
British Bridges

Barton Bridge Lancashire, England 1959 Buckling of temporary props—construction failure
Cleddau Bridge Milford Haven, Wales 1970 Incremental launch of long span, box girder plate buckling
over support—construction failure

Loddon Bridge Berkshire, England 1972 24 m span collapsed during placing of concrete due to
failure of falsework—construction failure

Austrian Bridges

Fourth Danube Bridge (plate Vienna 1969 Plate buckling of bottom chord in compression—
box girder bridge) construction failure

Soboth prestressed concrete Soboth 1970 Collapsed during cantilevered construction,
bridge prestressing bars badly put in place

Prestressed concrete bridge over Gmünd 1975 Concrete resistance not yet achieved, construction
Tauern motorway not in accordance with design

Rheinbrücke bridge Near Höchst, Vorarlberg 1982 Scaffolding collapses under weight of fresh concrete
over Rhine River —construction failure

Spanish Bridges
Highway bridge Southern Spain 2005 Under construction

Indian Bridges
Bihar district bridge Bihar 1978 Construction failure

Japanese Bridges
Prestressed concrete bridge Avato, Japan 1979 Incremental launch, when cantilevers coming from two
sides were to be joined, differences in length appear.
Temporary construction to correct it led to collapse of both
cantilevers—construction failure
Tokyo West bridge over Tokyo West 1984 Scaffolding removal sequence was not well-thought-out
Tama River —construction failure
Hiroshima bridge Hiroshima 1991 Stability problem, sliding—construction failure
Australian Bridges

Westgate Bridge over Yarra River Melbourne 1970 Plate buckling due to weak splicing of longitudinal stiffeners
—construction sequence was not well-thought-out
Loddon River bridge Near Victoria 1972 Scaffolding collapsed under weight of fresh concrete
—construction failure