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Table 3.13 History of bridge failures due to lack of maintenance or neglect (management issues) (continued).
U.S. Bridges Location Year Details of Failures
Sergeant Aubrey Cosens VC Latchford, Ontario, 2003 Corrosion of hangar pins supporting fl oor beams of long span
Memorial Bridge Canada bridge
Shannon Hills Drive bridge Shannon Hills, Arkansas 2004 Pedestrian bridge collapsed from the weight of crane—
overloading
Sappa Creek bridge Northwest of Norcatur, 2004 Overloading from heavy grain trucks over the bridge
Kansas

Laurel Mall pedestrian bridge Laurel, MD 2005 Bridge was attached by metal bolts and brackets which had
connecting parking and corroded
shopping areas
Lakeview Drive Bridge, Washington County, PA 2005 Corrosive road salt draining onto side of a concrete girder
Interstate 70 overpass

Interstate 35W over Minneapolis, Minnesota 2007 Lack of redundancy—structurally defi cient bridge not
Mississippi River maintained.
Canadian Bridges

Duplessis bridge, plate girder Between Montreal and 1951 Brittle failure of new steel—sub-standard construction
composite bridge, 2-span, Quebec material. Lack of testing of materials—management error
(St. Maurice River)
Wood trestle bridge Near McBride, British 2003 The bridge collapsed under a CN Rail freight train. Inspectors
Columbia discovered severe rotting in the wood bridge in 1999—
problems with railway’s inspection and maintenance program

British Bridges
Suspension bridge Near Bristol, England 1978 Unexpectedly heavy truck traffi c, hanger failures, construction
errors—overloading

Ynys-y-Gwas Bridge West Glamorgan, Whales 1985 Segmental construction with thin mortar joints, highly
permeable mortar at joints allowed moisture, chlorides and
oxygen ready access to tendons, corrosion of longitudinal
tendons at the segment joints—Deterioration

Austrian Bridges
Timber foot bridge Near Zell am See, 1974 Rotten piers not detected during inspection —deterioration
Pinzgau
Reichsbrücke over Danube River Vienna 1976 Water enters pier and freezing-thawing cycles destroy
unreinforced pier, shear failure, lacking inspection and
maintenance
Timber foot bridge Vorarlberg 1976 Rotten piers, no inspection—deterioration
Indian Bridges

Damanganga River bridge Daman 2003 Irregularity of the administration in repairs, should have been
replaced for 15 years

Australian Bridges
King Street Bridge over Melbourne 1962 Brittle failure of new steel, lack of testing of materials
Yarra River —management error