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The Mill Point Bridge is 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream from the Thruway bridge that collapsed on 5 April. Flood waters from the same flood that finally undermined the Thruway bridge were up to the girders of the Mill Point bridge. It was closed as a safety precaution. It collapsed six days after the earlier collapse. [40] Glanrhyd Bridge: Carmarthen
Bridge: 13 dead, 145 injured 2007: Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction: Hunan, China: Bridge: 50+ dead, ~90+ injured 2007: Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge: Cần Thơ, Vietnam: Bridge: 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured 2007: Estádio Fonte Nova: Salvador, Brazil: Stadium: 7 dead, 40 injured 2007: Charleston Sofa Super Store
The Schoharie Creek Bridge was a New York State Thruway bridge over the Schoharie Creek near Fort Hunter and the Mohawk River in New York State. On April 5, 1987, it collapsed due to bridge scour at the foundations after a record rainfall. The collapse killed ten people. The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on May 21 ...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said Monday evening that a “critical failure of some original 1960s bridge components” was located in the bridge. The repair work could take three ...
Bridge scour is the removal of sediment such as sand and gravel from around bridge abutments or piers. Hydrodynamic scour, caused by fast flowing water, can carve out scour holes, compromising the integrity of a structure. [1] In the United States, bridge scour is one of the three main causes of bridge failure (the
A Headleys Mill Road bridge in Pataskala has been closed to all traffic since Jan. 5 after an inspection revealed holes in the beams.
At least 111 railroad accidents have been caused by bridge failures or bridge misalignments since 1976, according to an Associated Press review of derailment reports submitted by railroads to the ...
The Maryland state government's insurance for the bridge covered up to $350 million for damage, while the bridge cost $60 million to construct in 1977 (about $302 million in 2023). [ 173 ] On April 1, Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine Group filed a joint petition in the Maryland U.S. District Court to limit their liability to about $43.6 ...