Bridge | Location | Country | Date | Construction type, use of bridge | Reason | Casualties | Damage | Comments |
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Charlotte Motor Speedway pedestrian bridge over U.S. Route 29 | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | 20 May 2000 | Concrete pedestrian bridge | Beam weakness and other unspecified reasons. | 0 killed, 107 injured | Partial collapse | Collapsed after the 2000 NASCAR All-Star Race while full of pedestrians leaving the event. The bridge fell onto U.S. Route 29. |
New Magarola Bridge | Esparreguera | Spain | 10 June 2000 | Concrete road bridge | | 2 killed | Partial collapse | Two spans collapsed due to flooding, and a car fell to the river. The damaged bridge was demolished and replaced by a new one. |
Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse | Laval, Quebec | Canada | 18 June 2000 | Steel beams and concrete | Beam weakness and other unspecified reasons. | 1 killed, 2 injured | Total collapse | Collapsed onto the road below, killing 1 person and injuring 2 others. Remainder was demolished after the collapse by authorities for safety reasons. |
Chagres River | Gamboa | Panama | 23 June 2000 | | | 0 killed, 0 injured | | Bulk carrier "Bluebill" hit railway bridge crossing river, severely damaging the bridge and severing railway midway between the terminals. |
Hoan Bridge | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States | 13 December 2000 | Concrete and steel bridge | Northbound right lane began to buckle during the morning rush hour and sagged a few feet below normal. Damage was a result of a violent failure of cross bracing members caused by extremely high stress concentrations in triaxial welds. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial collapse | Damaged section removed by controlled demolition and rebuilt. Remainder of bridge extensively repaired and retrofitted. Triaxial welds were drilled and most cross bracing members were removed. Many other similar bridges around the world were also modified in this way as a result of this failure. |
Hintze Ribeiro Bridge | Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva | Portugal | 4 March 2001 | Masonry and steel bridge built in 1887 | Pillar foundation became compromised due to years of illegal, but permitted sand extraction and the central span collapsed. | 59 killed | Collapse of central sections | Bridge collapsed when a bus was passing in stormy weather with fast river flow. Three cars also fell in the collapsed section. Bridge demolished and replaced by modern bridge. |
I-285 bridge over GA-400 | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | 9 June 2001 | Concrete and steel bridge | A fuel tanker overturned underneath the bridge, engulfing the bridge in fire | 0 killed, 1 injured | Structural damage required closure of the bridge | Reopened after four week repair |
Kadalundi River rail bridge | Kadalundi | India | 21 June 2001 | 140-year-old rail bridge | | 59 killed, 200 injured | | Collapsed as a Mangalore Mail passenger train was crossing it, six carriages derailed and three went into the river |
Queen Isabella Causeway | Port Isabel, Texas and South Padre Island, Texas | United States | 15 September 2001 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Laguna Madre | 4 loaded barges veered 175 feet (53 m) west of the navigation channel and struck one of the bridge supports, causing a partial collapse of 3 sections measuring approximately 80 feet (24 m) each. | 8 killed, 13 survivors | Partial collapse | The damaged section of the Queen Isabella Causeway. The collapse had a significant economic impact on the region since the Causeway is the only road connecting South Padre Island to Port Isabel. The bridge also carried electricity lines and fresh water to the island. State officials brought in ferries to temporarily carry cars across the Laguna Madre. Repair cost for the bridge was estimated US$5 million. |
I-40 bridge disaster | Webbers Falls, Oklahoma | United States | 26 May 2002 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Arkansas River | Barge struck one pier of the bridge causing a partial collapse | 14 killed, 11 injured | Partial collapse | I-40 Bridge, May 31, 2002. Bridge was later repaired. |
Rafiganj rail bridge | Rafiganj | India | 10 September 2002 | | Possible terrorist sabotage resulting in a train derailment | 130+ killed, 150+ injured | | Fifteen train cars derailed when a bridge over the Dhave River collapsed, with two cars and an unknown number of people falling into the river. 130 bodies were recovered, but the full death toll is unknown. |
Chubut River Bridge disaster | Chubut River, Chubut Province | Argentina | 19 September 2002 | Pedestrian suspension bridge | Excess weight due to passers-by | 9 killed, + 5 injured | Total collapse | Collapse of the pedestrian suspension bridge when more than 50 students and teachers of a school who were running in the area crossed it when the capacity of the bridge support was maximum of three people. |
Marcy Pedestrian Bridge Collapse | Marcy, New York | United States | 11 October 2002 | Pedestrian bridge under construction | Bridge twisted and collapsed over State Route 49 while under construction. The expressway and the bridge itself were closed to the public at the time. | 1 killed, 9 injured | Total collapse | Bridge collapsed as workers were screeding a concrete surface on the bridge. The machine had made it to the bridge's midspan before the entire bridge twisted and collapsed. Workers who had been working on the bridge had described it being notably "bouncy" leading up to the collapse. |
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge | Latchford, Ontario, | Canada | 14 January 2003 | | Partial failure under load of transport truck during severely cold temperatures. Fatigue fractures of three steel hanger rods cited to be primary reason for failure. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial failure of bridge deck. Overhead superstructure undamaged. | Bridge reopened after complete reconstruction. Existing overhead arch remained, however new bridge deck was designed to be supported by sets of 4 hanger cables, where the existing deck was designed for single hanger cables. |
Kinzua Bridge | Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania | United States | 21 July 2003 | Historic steel rail viaduct | Hit by tornado with 100 mph winds | 0 killed | Partial collapse | The state decided not to rebuild the Kinzua Bridge. |
Interstate 95 Howard Avenue Overpass | Bridgeport, Connecticut | United States | 26 March 2004 | Girder and floorbeam | Car struck a truck carrying 8,000 US gallons (30,000 litres; 6,700 imperial gallons) of heating oil, igniting a fire that melted the bridge superstructure, causing collapse of the southbound lanes | 0 killed, 1 injured | Partial collapse | Northbound lanes shored up with falsework and reopened 3 days later; temporary bridge installed to carry southbound lanes. New permanent bridge completed in November 2004. |
Big Nickel Road Bridge | Sudbury, Ontario | Canada | 7 May 2004 | | | 0 killed | Collapsed onto roadway below during construction | |
C-470 overpass over I-70 | Golden, Colorado | United States | 15 May 2004 | | As part of a construction project, a girder twisted, sagged, and fell onto I-70. An SUV was driving eastbound and struck the fallen girder; the top of the vehicle was torn off and the three passengers died instantly. | 3 killed, 0 injured | Girder collapse | |
Mungo Bridge | | Cameroon | 1 July 2004 | Steel girder for road traffic | | | Partial collapse | Yet to be repaired[when?] |
Loncomilla Bridge | near San Javier | Chile | 18 November 2004 | Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Maule River | The structure was not built on rock, but rather on fluvial ground. | 0 killed, 8 injured | Partial collapse | Bridge was later repaired |
I-10 Twin Span Bridge | New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana | United States | 29 August 2005 | Two parallel trestle bridges crossing the eastern end of Lake Pontchartrain | After Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the old Twin Spans suffered extensive damage, as the rising storm surge had pulled or shifted bridge segments off their piers. | 0 killed, 0 injured | The eastbound span was missing 38 segments with another 170 misaligned, while the westbound span was missing 26 segments with 265 misaligned. | Bridge was reconstructed but later replaced with two new spans due to vulnerability to storm surges. |
Biloxi Bay Bridge | Biloxi, Mississippi | United States | 29 August 2005 | Two parallel trestle bridges crossing the eastern end of the Biloxi Bay | After Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the original U.S. Route 90 crossing over the Biloxi Bay suffered extensive damage, as the rising storm surge shifted bridge segments off their piers. | 0 killed, 0 injured | | Bridge was replaced in 2007 with a new design aimed to withstand hurricane force winds and flooding. |
Veligonda Railway Bridge | | India | 29 October 2005 | Railway bridge | flood washed rail bridge away | 114 killed | | |
Almuñécar motorway bridge | Almuñécar, Province of Granada | Spain | 7 November 2005 | Motorway bridge | Part collapsed during construction, reason unknown | 6 killed, 3 injured | Partial collapse during construction; all the victims were workers. | A 60-metre (200 ft) long part fell 50 metres (160 ft) |
Caracas-La Guaira highway, Viaduct #1 | Tacagua | Venezuela | 19 March 2006 | Highway viaduct over a gorge | Landslides | 0 killed, 0 injured | Total collapse | Demolished, it was rebuilt and reopened on 21 June 2007 |
E45 Bridge | Nørresundby | Denmark | 25 April 2006 | Road bridge | Collapsed during reconstruction due to miscalculation | 1 killed | Bridge total damage | The road under the bridge were partially reopened 3 days later. The bridge was reconstructed (again) and opened 18 months later |
Interstate 88 Bridge | Unadilla, New York | United States | 28 June 2006 | Road bridge | Collapsed during Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006 | 2 killed | Bridge total damage | NYSDOT started construction to replace the section of highway almost immediately, and it was re-opened 31 August 2006. |
Yekaterinburg bridge collapse | Yekaterinburg | Russia | 6 September 2006 | | Collapse during construction | 0 killed, 0 injured | | |
Highway 19 overpass at Laval (De la Concorde Overpass collapse) | Laval, Quebec | Canada | 30 September 2006 | Highway overpass | Shear failure due to incorrectly placed rebar, low-quality concrete | 5 killed, 6 injured | 20-metre (66 ft) section gave way | Demolished; was rebuilt, reopened on 13 June 2007. |
Nimule | Nimule | Kenya/Sudan | October 2006 | | Struck by truck overloaded with cement | | | |
Pedestrian bridge | Bhagalpur | India | December 2006 | | 150-year-old pedestrian bridge (being dismantled) collapsed onto a railway train as it was passing underneath. | More than 30 killed | | |
Run Pathani Bridge Collapse | 80 km (50 miles) east of Karachi, | Pakistan | 2006 | | Collapsed during the 2006 monsoons | | | |
Railway bridge | Eziama, near Aba | Nigeria | December 2006 | | Unknown | Unknown killed | Restored 2009 | |
| Southeastern Guinea | Guinea | March 2007 | | Bridge collapsed under the weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise. | 65 killed | | |
| | South Korea | 5 April 2007 | | Parts of a bridge collapses during construction | 5 killed, 7 injured | | Bridge being built between the two Southern Islands. |
MacArthur Maze | Oakland, California | United States | 29 April 2007 | | Tanker truck crash and explosion, resulting fire softened steel sections of flyover causing them to collapse. | 1 injured in crash, 0 from collapse | | Span rebuilt in 26 days. |
Highway 325 Bridge over the Xijiang River | Foshan, Guangdong | People's Republic of China | 15 June 2007 | Motorway bridge | Struck by vessel | 8 killed, unknown injured | Section collapsed | Unknown |
Gosford Culvert washaway | Gosford, New South Wales | Australia | 8 June 2007 | | Culvert collapse | 5 killed (all drowned) | | |
Minneapolis I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States | 1 August 2007 | Arch/truss bridge | The NTSB said that undersized gusset plates, increased concrete surfacing load, and weight of construction supplies/equipment caused this collapse. | 13 killed, 145 injured | Total bridge failure | Security camera images show the collapse in animation, looking north. Collapsed at 6:05 pm beneath bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic confined to 4 of 8 lanes due to resurfacing in progress. The rebuilt I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge was reopened on 18 September 2008. |
Tuo River bridge | Fenghuang, Hunan | People's Republic of China | 13 August 2007 | Unknown | It is believed to be linked to the fact that local contractors often opt for shoddy materials to cut costs and use migrant laborers with little or no safety training. Exact cause remains unknown. | 34 killed, 22 injured | Total collapse | Collapsed during construction as workers were removing scaffolding from its facade |
Harp Road bridge | Oakville, Washington | United States | 15 August 2007 | Main thoroughfare into Oakville over Garrard Creek, Grays Harbor County | Collapsed under weight of a truck hauling an excavator | 0 killed, 0 injured | Majority to total collapse; temporary or permanent bridge is needed. | Approximate weight of load was 180,000 pounds (82,000 kg); bridge is rated at 35,000 pounds (16,000 kg). Residents must take a 23-mile (37 km) detour. |
Water bridge | Taiyuan, Shanxi province | People's Republic of China | 16 August 2007 | | 180t vehicle overloaded bridge designed for 20t | unknown | Total collapse of 1 span of 2 | |
Shershah Bridge – Section of the Northern Bypass, Karachi | Karachi | Pakistan | 1 September 2007 | Overpass bridge | Investigation underway | 5 killed, 2 injured | | Collapse may have been caused because of lack of material strength. The reconstruction is in progress.[when?] |
Flyover bridge | Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | India | 9 September 2007 | | During construction | 15–30 killed | | |
Cần Thơ Bridge | Cần Thơ | Vietnam | 26 September 2007 | | Collapse of a temporary pillar due to the sandy foundation it was set on. | 55 killed, hundreds injured | Section buckled while construction was underway | Pieces of Cần Thơ Bridge remaining after its collapse on 4 October 2007, ten days after the accident. A preliminary investigation discovered that the engineers had underspecified the loading capacity of the scaffolding in several ways, but ultimately it was determined that the unevenly settling foundation was the primary cause of the collapse. |
Chhinchu suspension bridge | Nepalgunj, Birendranagar | Nepal | 25 December 2007 | | Overcrowded suspension bridge collapsed | 19 killed, 15 missing | | |
Jintang Bridge | Ningbo, Zhejiang province | People's Republic of China | 27 March 2008 | | Ship hit lower support structure of bridge | 4 killed, 0 Injured | 60m span of under-construction bridge collapsed | |
The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CRANDIC) bridge | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | United States | 12 June 2008 | Railroad bridge | During June 2008 Midwest floods | 0 killed, 0 injured | Three of the bridge's four steel spans were swept into the river along with 15 CRANDIC rail cars loaded with rock | The Cedar River was still swollen in this image taken 10 days after the bridge's collapse. |
Road bridge | Studénka | Czech Republic | 8 August 2008 | | Train crashed into a road bridge over the railway under construction, which collapsed on the track immediately before the arrival of a train | 8 killed, 70 injured | | 2008 Studénka train wreck |
Somerton Bridge | Somerton, New South Wales | Australia | 8 December 2008 | Timber road bridge | Heavy flooding | None | Collapse of northern span | Bridge collapsed during heavy flooding due to poor maintenance |
Devonshire Street pedestrian bridge | Maitland, New South Wales | Australia | 5 March 2009 | Footbridge | Oversized truck clipping main span | 0 killed, 4 injured (Car & Truck Drivers) | Main span falling on New England Highway, road closed for 4 days | Replaced by taller Footbridge 18 months later |
Popp's Ferry Bridge | Biloxi, Mississippi | United States | 20 March 2009 | Bascule bridge crossing Back Bay Biloxi | A tugboat pushing eight barges hit the bridge pilings | 0 killed, 0 injured | Two ninety-foot sections of the bridge dropped into the water | The bridge reopened to traffic on April 25, 2009 |
Bridge on SS9 over River Po | Piacenza | Italy | 30 April 2009 | Road bridge | Collapsed due to flood of River Po | 0 killed, 1 injured | | Replaced by a temporary floating bridge 6 months later, then by a definitive new bridge that opened on 18 December 2010 |
Overpass on Hongqi Road | Zhuzhou, Hunan | People's Republic of China | 17 May 2009 | Road bridge | Collapsed during demolishing process | 9 killed, 16 injured, 24 vehicles damaged | | |
9 Mile Road Bridge at I-75 | Hazel Park, Michigan | United States | 15 July 2009 | Road bridge | Collapsed due to tanker accident | 0 killed, 1 injured | | Rebuilt and reopened on 11 December of that year |
Broadmeadow Viaduct | Broadmeadow – 13 km (8.1 miles) north of Dublin | Ireland | 21 August 2009 | Railway bridge | | 0 killed, 0 injured | One span of viaduct collapsed after tidal scouring of foundations;— first reported by local Sea-scouts. | |
Tarcoles Bridge | Orotina | Costa Rica | 22 October 2009 | Suspension bridge built 1924, 270-foot (82 m) span. | Overload by heavy trucks and dead loads (water pipes). | 5 killed, 30 injured | Bridge total damage | |
San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge | Connects San Francisco and Oakland, California | United States | 27 October 2009 | I-80 | Two tension rods and a crossbeam from a recently installed repair collapsed during the evening commute, causing the bridge to be closed temporarily. | 0 killed, 1 injured | | During an extended closure as part of the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge over the 2009 Labor Day holiday, a critical failure was discovered in an eyebar that would have been significant enough to cause a closure of the bridge. Emergency repairs took 70 hours and were completed on 9 September 2009. This is the repair that failed. |
Railway Bridge RDG1 48 over the River Crane near Feltham | Feltham | United Kingdom | 14 November 2009 | Brick arch railway bridge built 1848 | Undermined by scour from river. | No injuries . | River span beyond repair. | Rebuilt as reinforced concrete. |
Northside Bridge, Workington. Navvies Footbridge, Workington. Camerton Footbridge, Camerton. Memorial Gardens footbridge, Cockermouth. Low Lorton Bridge, Little Braithwaite Bridge. | Cumbria | United Kingdom | 21 November 2009 | Traditional sandstone bridges. | Very intense rainfall produced extreme river loads that overwhelmed all the bridges. | 1 police officer killed | All bridges destroyed or damaged beyond repair | See Barker Crossing. |
Kota Chambal Bridge | Kota, Rajasthan | India | 25 December 2009 | Under-Construction Bridge | Inexperience Official | 48 killed, several injured | Total Collapse | |
Myllysilta | Turku | Finland | 6 March 2010 | | Bridge bent 143 centimetres (56 in) due to structural failures of both piers | 0 killed, 0 injured | | Demolished June–July 2010 |
Gungahlin Drive Extension bridge | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Australia | 14 August 2010 | Concrete road bridge | Unknown | 15 workers injured | Collapse of the half-built span | Bridge collapsed during a concrete pour. |
Guaiba's Bridge (BR-290) | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 1 October 2010 | Concrete and steel bridge | Braking system (electrical) failure stuck the main span 9 meters above the lane rendering the bridge useless by (at least) 3 hours. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Bridge fixed | Damaged probably due to a vessel which collided, bending the main span on April 30, 2008. |
Laajasalo pedestrian bridge | Helsinki | Finland | 22 November 2010 | Steel reinforced concrete | Bridge collapsed on a van and a taxi in when a personnel lift truck with the lift by mistake elevated passed under the bridge. | 1 killed, 2 injured | Collapsed on the road beneath | Both other cars were driving in the opposite direction. The van driver died and taxi driver and passenger were injured. Bridge now rebuilt. |
Overbridge over Chengdu-Kunming Freeway | Zigong | People's Republic of China | 1 July 2011 | | Truck crashed against concrete support pillar | | Overbridge destroyed, fell onto highway. | |
Gongguan Bridge | Wuyishan, Fujian | People's Republic of China | 14 July 2011 | | Overloading | 1 killed, 22 Injured | Total collapse | Entire bridge collapsed, tourist bus with 23 people on board crashed to ground |
No. 3 Qiantang River Bridge over Qiantang River | Hangzhou, Zhejiang province | People's Republic of China | 15 July 2011 | | Overloading | 0 killed, 1 Injured | Partial collapse leaving a 20-meter-long, 1-meter-wide pit in one lane | Collapse due to two trucks each loaded with over 100 tonnes of goods crossing bridge |
Baihe Bridge in Huairou district | Beijing | People's Republic of China | 19 July 2011 | | Bridge designed for max. 46 tonne vehicles, truck overloaded with 160 tons of sand caused it to collapse. | 0 killed, 0 Injured | Entire 230m bridge destroyed. | |
Kutai Kartanegara Bridge | Tenggarong, East Kalimantan | Indonesia | 26 November 2011 | Suspension bridge | Human error. As workers were repairing a cable during maintenance work, a support cable snapped, causing the roadway to fall into the 50-metre-deep Mahakam River. Although poor maintenance, fatigue in the construction material of cable hanger, and the quality of material may have been the cause of the collapse, the exact cause remains unknown and undetermined. | 20 killed, 40 injured (33 missing) | Deck completely destroyed, 2 bridge pillars were standing at the time of the collapse. | Kutai Kartanegara Bridge on the day of the collapse. Replacement arch bridge opened in 2015. |
Eggner's Ferry Bridge (1932) over Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) | Between Trigg County, Kentucky and Marshall County, Kentucky | United States | 27 January 2012 | Truss bridge | The MV Delta Mariner struck the bottom portion of a span of the bridge when travelling in the incorrect channel of the river. | 0 killed, 0 Injured | Span over the recreational channel of the river collapsed. | Emergency repairs to bridge completed on May 25, 2012. There were preexisting plans before the collapse to replace the bridge with a 4-lane bridge over the river. The new bridge opened in April 2016, and the original bridge was demolished that July. |
Limfjord Railway Bridge | Aalborg | Denmark | 28 March 2012 | steel beam, openable | Ship collision | none | Mechanical damage | All rail traffic cancelled for over a year, no alternative route. Reopened April 29, 2013. |
Jay Cooke State Park Swinging Bridge | Carlton, Minnesota | United States | 20 June 2012 | Pedestrian swinging wooden plank and cable | Raging floodwaters | 0 killed, 0 injured | Multiple wooden planks washed away. Cables stayed intact. | Closed for repairs. Reopened November 1, 2013. |
Beaver River Trestle Bridge | Alberta | Canada | 22 June 2012 | wood, concrete, metal trestle. | Three men set the bridge on fire. | none | Bridge badly damaged and closed. | Bridge did not carry rail traffic anymore, and carried pedestrians, part of the Iron Horse Trail. Another small fire was set in 2015. Bridge is being rebuilt. |
Guangchang Hedong Bridge | Guangchang County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province | People's Republic of China | 8 August 2012 | steel, concrete | | 2 killed, 2 injured | | |
Yangmingtan Bridge over the Songhua River | Harbin | People's Republic of China | 24 August 2012 | Suspension bridge | Overloading; usage of unsuitable building material (suspected) | 3 killed, 5 injured | 100-metre section of a ramp of the eight-lane bridge dropped 100 feet to the ground. | Main bridge reopened on the same day, ramp still defunct. |
Tallon Bridge over the Burnett River | Bundaberg, Queensland | Australia | 29 January 2013 | Concrete road bridge | Flood damage | No injuries reported | Partial collapse of the bridge | |
Bridge under construction for road E6 at Lade/Leangen | Trondheim | Norway | 8 May 2013 | | Bridge collapsed under construction | 2 killed | | |
I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse | Mount Vernon, Washington | United States | 23 May 2013 | Polygonal Warren through truss bridge | Oversized semi-truck load carrying drilling equipment from Alberta clipped top steel girder causing bridge collapse. | 0 killed, 3 injured | One 167 foot span collapsed. | Truss bridges like this one require both the top and the bottom to remain equal in strength and solidity. When the truck hit the top girder, or girders, this caused the pressure/squeeze system to fail, which made the bridge fold up. The design was outdated; more modern types of truss can better withstand such forces. |
Pedestrian bridge over Moanalua Freeway | Honolulu, Hawaii | United States | 6 October 2012 | Concrete Pedestrian Bridge | A dump truck was towing a trailer carrying a forklift, which impacted the pedestrian bridge over Moanalua Road. | No serious injuries were reported and no ambulances were sent to the scene | | |
Scott City roadway bridge collapse | Scott City, Missouri | United States | 25 May 2013 | Concrete road bridge | A Union Pacific train T-boned a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train outside of Scott City, Missouri, at approximately 2:30 am. The impact caused numerous rail cars to hit a support pillar of a highway overpass, collapsing two sections of the bridge onto the rail line. Two cars ended up driving onto the collapsed sections, injuring three people in one vehicle and two in the other. Two people on one of the trains were also injured. | 7 injured | Two roadway bridge sections collapsed onto the rail line below. | |
Wanup train bridge | Sudbury, Ontario | Canada | 2 June 2013 | Steel bridge | Train trestle over the Wanapitei River near Sudbury, Ontario was struck by derailed railcar | 0 killed, 0 injured | Total bridge collapse | CP trains temporarily diverted over CN track. Bridge reconstructed with new pier in 9 days. |
CPR Bonnybrook Bridge | Calgary, Alberta | Canada | 27 June 2013 | Steel railroad bridge | Partial pier collapse due to scouring from flood event of the Bow River | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial bridge collapse | |
Acaraguá bridge collapse | Oberá, Misiones | Argentina | 12 April 2014 | Concrete road bridge | The total collapse of a road bridge over the Acaraguá river, when a passenger bus circulated, caused three dead and thirty wounded. | 3 killed, 30 injured | Total bridge collapse | |
Cable Bridge Surat | Surat, Gujarat | India | 10 June 2014 | 3-Way Interchange Flyover Bridge, A part of River Bridge; Concrete and steel bridge | Collapsed during construction, Design flaw in curvature section of a span resulted in collapse of a curved span slab during the removal of staging plates. | 10 killed, 6 injured | Total collapse of one wing. | Bridge constructed after necessary modification in design. |
Belo Horizonte overpass collapse | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 3 July 2014 | Steel and concrete bridgePart of improvements for the 2014 FIFA World Cup | Construction error | 2 killed, 22 injured | Total bridge collapse | Bridge collapsed while under construction |
Motorway bridge collapse during construction | Near Copenhagen | Denmark | 27 September 2014 | Steel and concrete bridge | Construction error | Workers received mild injuries | Partial bridge collapse | Bridge collapsed during concrete casting, with debris falling onto open motorway below and narrowly missing vehicles, closing major motorway E47 for several days. The remains of the bridge were subsequently demolished and a replacement built elsewhere. |
Hopple Street Overpass over I-75 Southbound | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States | 19 January 2015 | Road bridge | Old Northbound Hopple Street offramp totally collapsed onto roadway below during demolition | 1 killed, 0 injured | Total bridge collapse | Bridge collapsed prematurely due to a faulty demolition process |
Plaka Bridge | Plaka-Raftaneon, Epirus | Greece | 1 February 2015 | Stone bridge | Flash flood ripped foundations from the riverbanks | 0 killed, 0 injured | Central section of the bridge collapsed | |
Skjeggestad Bridge | Holmestrand, Vestfold | Norway | 2 February 2015 | Box girder bridge, Motorway | Partial pier displacement due to a landslide. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial bridge collapse of Southbound span | The Skjeggestad Bridge after collapse. One pier pushed askew due to landslide in quick clay affected area. Underlying reason to be determined. Northbound span shut down precautionary. Damaged section removed by controlled demolition and rebuilt. |
Himera Viaduct | Scillato, Sicily | Italy | 10 April 2015 | Continuous span girder bridge, Motorway | Partial pier displacement due to a landslide. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial bridge collapse of Southbound span | |
Pennsy Bridge | Ridgway, Pennsylvania | United States | 18 June 2015 | Cast-in-place concrete rigid frame | Partial collapse during demolition. | 0 killed, 3 injured | Partial bridge collapse of north half of span | Structure was longitudinally saw cut, south half of the structure was open to traffic while the north half was in the process of being demolished. North half collapsed with 51-ton excavator on the bridge. Underlying reason to be determined. Northbound span shut down precautionary. After collapse, structure was fully closed and south half was demolished. New structure was built and opened to traffic on 26 October 2015. |
I-10 Bridge | Southern California | United States | 20 July 2015 | | Abutment displacement due to stream meander, which caused abutment scour. It caused by the remnants of Hurricane Dolores record breaking rainfall. | 0 killed, 1 injured | Partial bridge collapse of span | |
Bob White Covered Bridge | Patrick County, Virginia | United States | 29 September 2015 | Covered timber bridge | Destruction due to major flooding | 0 killed, 0 injured | Bridge collapsed and washed away during flooding caused by severe rainstorm. | |
Grayston Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge | M1 road (Johannesburg) | South Africa | 14 October 2015 | Single pylon cable stayed concrete bridge | Collapse of temporary works during construction | 2 killed, 19 injured | Contractor deviated from General Arrangement Drawing provided by equipment supplier. | |
Friesenbrücke | | Germany | 3 December 2015 | bascule bridge | damaged by the cargo ship Emsmoon | 0 killed, 0 injured | Central part, the moving section, was destroyed. | Destroyed center part, Image taken on 4 December 2015. |
Tadcaster Bridge | North Yorkshire | United Kingdom | 29 December 2015 | 300 year old Stone Bridge Grade II Listed on 12 July 1985 | Partial collapse due to flood damage, also causing substantial gas leak | No injuries as bridge had been closed for two days as a precautionary measure | North East side of bridge collapsed severing connections between the two sides of the town | View of the bridge on the following day |
Nipigon River Bridge | Ontario | Canada | 10 January 2016 | Cable-stayed bridge carrying the Trans-Canada Highway | Bolts holding uplift bearing to main girders of the bridge snapped, due to design and construction errors. | No injuries were reported | West side of bridge separated from abutment and rose 60 cm above grade, but not seriously damaging the span | Newly constructed bridge failed after only 42 days of use. Because the bridge failure severed the only road link within Canada between Eastern and Western Canada, a temporary repair was completed the next day by adding weights to depress the span into position. |
Perkolo Bridge (sv) | Nord-Fron near Sjoa, Sel | Norway | 17 February 2016 | Truss bridge with glued laminated timber | Mathematical error | 0 dead, 1 injured | Complete collapse | |
Vivekananda Flyover Bridge | Kolkata | India | 31 March 2016 | Steel girder flyover bridge | Bolts holding together a section of the bridge snapped. Reason for bolt failure remains unknown. | 27 killed, 80+ injured | Fly over on Vivekananda Road Kolkata | Collapse of bridge under construction |
May Ave. Overpass | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | United States | 19 May 2016 | Girder bridge over expressway | An over-sized load hit the bridge, causing a section of the deck to fail | No injuries were reported. | Partial collapse | Driver was found responsible for collapse. |
Savitri River Bridge | Maharashtra | India | 2 August 2016 | Stone arched bridge over a river | Dilapidated condition. About 100 years old. | Two buses and few cars plunged into the flooded river. 28 dead. | Partial collapse | The bridge collapsed in the middle of the night, sending many vehicles plunging into the river. A nearby garage worker heard the noise and went to the bridge to stop cars, preventing further casualties. |
Railway bridge | Tolten River | Chile | 19 August 2016 | Suspension bridge with steel deck truss. | Cause undetermined—happened as a freight train was crossing the bridge | 0 killed, 0 injured | Partial collapse | 3 spans collapsed into river on 118-year-old bridge |
Nzi River Bridge | near Dimbokro | Ivory Coast | 6 September 2016 | Steel railway bridge | While train crossing | 0 injured | | One span of 1910 bridge collapsed. |
Yellow 'Love' Bridge | Klungkung Regency | Indonesia | 16 October 2016 | Wooden suspension bridge | Snapped sling due to overloading | 9 killed, 30 injured | Whole bridge plunged onto river below | Slings snapped while 70 people were on the bridge during Nyepi celebration in Bali. Authorities stated that the sling cables that snapped could have been caused by overloading. Most witnesses stated that before the collapse, the bridge had swayed and shook for several times. |
Lecco overpass | Province of Lecco | Italy | 28 October 2016 | Concrete girder overpass. | Cause undetermined—happened as 108-tonne truck was crossing the bridge | 1 killed, 5 injured | Centre span collapsed onto roadway below | Allegations have been made that the maintenance company, ANAS, had requested that the bridge be closed before the collapse and that the request was denied by Lecco, pending documentation. |
Camerano overpass | Province of Ancona | Italy | 9 March 2017 | | | 2 killed, 3 injured | Centre span collapsed onto roadway below | |
Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge | Pfeiffer Big Sur State ParkBig Sur, California | United States | 11 March 2017 | Concrete bridge | Massive rain and landslide | 0 killed | The foundation for one of the two piers was undermined by the landslide causing the pier to slide downhill with the earth around it and fail, and the deck to sag. | Bridge collapse resulted in a 6-hour detour to get from one side of Big Sur to the other side, effectively splitting the community in half. It was replaced with a 310-foot-long span steel bridge that opened to traffic on 13 October 2017. |
I-85N, Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | 30 March 2017 | Concrete Overpass | Fire (allegedly arson) involving HDPE pipe and other construction materials stored under bridge critically weakened structure, which collapsed. | 0 killed, 0 injured | Investigation pending as to fire cause | Repair work being done on the I-85 bridge |
Sanvordem River Bridge | Curchorem, Goa | India | 18 May 2017 | Portuguese era footbridge made of steel | Dilapidation, bridge was closed for use. | 2 killed, 30 missing | Bridge is scheduled for demolition. | The bridge was closed for use, but several people wanted to watch the rescue work of an alleged suicidal. |
Sigiri Bridge | Nzoia River, Budalangi, Busia County | Kenya | 26 June 2017 | Three span bridge with composite steel beam and concrete deck. | Collapsed during construction | 0 killed, 3 injured | Unknown | Opinion is casting of decks was incorrectly sequenced. |
Bridge No 'B1187 – 1978' on N3 at intersection with M2 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 9 August 2017 | Multi-span reinforced concrete foot bridge. | Collapsed at about 1:14 am on a public holiday | 0 killed, 5 injured, 1 with critical injuries | Unknown. No fatalities confirmed. | Median column destructed by impact caused by 18.1 ton roll of coiled steel |
Ramat Elhanan Pedestrian Crossing on Highway 4 | Highway 4, between Bnei Brak and Giv'at Shmuel | Israel | 14 August 2017 | concrete pedestrian bridge | about 19:48 | 1 killed | | Vehicle collision. |
Provincial road Ksanthi-Iasmos at Kompsatos river crossing | Eastern Macedonia and Thrace district | Greece | 10 September 2017 | 3x simple supported spans of precast prestressed concrete girders, supported on reinforced concrete piers on shallow foundations in river bed. | Probable cause is the time evolving scour and poor inspection. Exact cause remains unknown. | 0 injured | One span collapsed and the supporting pier was inclined from the vertical orientation. | Many pictures from the collapse (Greek text) can be found here and a newspaper short report (English text) here |
Troja footbridge | Prague | Czech Republic | 2 December 2017 | simple suspension concrete pedestrian bridge | Probably corrosion or damage of the suspension cables, impossibility of their effective inspection, impact of 2002 flood supposed. | 4 injured (2 heavily) | Total collapse. | Diagnostic research in 2007–2009 and in 2016 assessed the condition as wrong but not emergency. The last expert opinion was finished three weeks before the collapse. Since 2014, the bridge motion was continuously monitored every 2 minutes. The monitored data from 1:16 pm indicated nothing extraordinary, at 1:18 pm, the bridge was collapsed already. A footbridge from an important Prague park to the Prague Zoo over an arm of the Vltava river also collapsed. |
Chirajara Viaduct | Border between Cundinamarca and Meta | Colombia | 15 January 2018 | Cable-stayed bridge | Design flaw in the transverse tie beam of the diamond pier caused the collapse. | 10 construction workers killed, about 6 injured | Total collapse of half bridge. Remaining half later demolished. | Bridge failure investigated by the Mexican company Mexpresa, and American company Modjeski and Masters |
Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse | Sweetwater and University Park, Florida | United States | 15 March 2018 | Concrete Pedestrian Bridge | Partially constructed concrete truss bridge, a rare design. Main span (174 ft.) prefabricated and moved over busy city street. Faulty design (insufficient rebar for interface shear capacity), lack of redundancy, lack of peer review and oversight all contributed to failure. Work was performed while street was open to traffic. | 6 dead, 10 others injured. | Complete collapse onto public street with heavy vehicular traffic | |
Pathein – Chaung Thar bridge collapse | Ayeyarwady Region | Myanmar | 1 April 2018 | Concrete Steel Suspension Bridge | Built 2004, 60-ton specification was reduced to 20 tons, when a six-wheel truck crossed at midnight, 1 am, bridge broke in half. Suspected steel rode. Exact cause remains unknown. | 2 people died | Complete collapse into river | |
Wooden footbridge | Zamboanga, Philippines | Philippines | 27 April 2018 | Wooden bridge | Wood decay | 0 injured | Partial collapse into water | A pedestrian bridge collapsed on film while a group of politicians and news crew were walking on it. No one was injured |
Rail bridge | Budila – Brașov County | Romania | 30 June 2018 | Concrete bridge | Collapse due to the flood | 0 dead, 0 injured | Total bridge collapse | |
Cancura Bridge Collapse | Osorno – Region de Los Lagos | Chile | 23 June 2018 | Concrete bridge | Possible loss of foundation | 1 dead, 6 injured | One section directly over the river Rahue collapsed | The bridge was under surveillance and undergoing maintenance work as several problems had been reported over the prior year. The Directorate of Hydraulic Works had reported only days prior to the accident to the Ministry of Public Works that mitigation measures were necessary as riverflow changes were causing potential undermining of the bridge foundations. Other suspected causes were improperly regulated extraction of sand and stones from the riverbed |
Zhejiang bridge collapse | Hangzhou City – Zhejiang | People's Republic of China | 28 July 2018 | | | 8 dead | | |
Ponte Morandi motorway bridge collapse | Genoa – Liguria | Italy | 14 August 2018 | Viaduct incorporating a cable-stayed bridge | Collapsed due to structural failure | 43 killed | 210-metre (690 ft) section of the bridge collapsed | Ponte Morandi after the collapse; the bridge was demolished in June 2019. |
Majerhat Bridge collapse | Kolkata | India | 4 September 2018 | Major motorable bridge in Kolkata (ashpalt motorway) | Possibly "had become too heavy and needed to shed load" | 3 dead, 25 injured | 35meter section collapsed with a bus, 5 cars and three two-wheelers on the span. | In mid-2017 experts had issued warning that the bridge was too heavy. "The agency had mentioned that the vibrator index of the bridge was okay.... But it suggested shedding of load from the bridge as the structure beneath was carrying more load than it could bear," said a senior Bengal government official who was involved with the safety audit. |
Bridge Collapse at Siliguri | Phansidewa, Siliguri | India | 7 September 2018 | The small bridge built over a nullah at Mangachh in Darjeeling district | The bridge was in a dilapidated condition | 1 hurt | | |
Palu IV Bridge | Palu | Indonesia | 28 September 2018 | Double Steel Arch, Roadway | 2018 Sulawesi tsunami | 0 killed, 0 injured | Complete Collapse of both spans | Bridge demolished in January 2019. |
Dale Bend Bridge | Ola, Arkansas | United States | 30 January 2019 | Truss | Overweight truck | | | |
CST Foot over bridge | Mumbai | India | 14 March 2019 | Concrete Foot Over bridge | The structural audit has been conducted in an irresponsible and negligent manner. | 6 dead, 30 injured | Partial Collapse | |
Ponte sobre o rio Moju, Bridge over the river Moju collapse | Moju, State of Pará | Brazil | 7 April 2019 | Concrete | Middle sections of the bridge collapsed after ferryboat crash | Unknown | 200 metres (660 ft) section of the bridge collapsed | |
Bishopsford Road Bridge | Mitcham, London | United Kingdom | 14 June 2019 | Road bridge | Bridge scour caused by jack posts installed 4 days earlier caused instability and led to the partial collapse of the northern arch | 0 dead, 0 injured (the bridge was closed to traffic at the time) | Partial collapse (northern arch) | Fully demolished in July 2020 and rebuilt. Rebuilt bridge opened to traffic in October 2021. |
Nanfang'ao Bridge | Su'ao, Yilan County | Republic of China | 1 October 2019 | Road bridge | Corrosion and poor maintenance | 6 dead, 12 injured | Total collapse | Bridge collapsed due to corrosion, lack of proper maintenance and lack of repair, according to a final investigation report released by the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board in November 2020. |
Wuxi National Route 312 Overpass | Wuxi, Jiangsu Province | People's Republic of China | 10 October 2019 | Concrete highway bridge | overweight (186t) truck | 3 dead, 2 injured | 200 metres (660 ft) section of the elevated road toppled | |
Pont de Mirepoix | Mirepoix-sur-Tarn | France | 18 November 2019 | Concrete-steel bridge | overweight truck | 2 dead, 5 injured | 150m long bridge collapsed | |
Viadotto Madonna del Monte on A6 Highway (Savona-Torino) | Savona | Italy | 24 November 2019 | Concrete bridge | heavy rain, landslide | 0 dead, 0 injured | 30 long highway bridge collapsed | |
Caprigliola bridge collapse | Aulla | Italy | 8 April 2020 | Concrete bridge | Unknown | 0 dead, 2 injured | 260m long provincial road bridge collapsed | |
Bridge over Kola near Murmansk | Murmansk | Russia | 1 June 2020 | Steel bridge | | 0 dead | railway bridge collapsed after foundations were washed away by strong water | |
Tittle Bridge | Canso, Nova Scotia | Canada | 7 July 2020 | Truss road bridge | Overweight truck | 0 killed, 1 injured | Total failure of bridge | Crews were moving equipment related to replacement of the bridge across it when the collapse occurred. |
Pensacola Bay Bridge | Pensacola, Florida | United States | 15 September 2020 | | Unsecured barge | None | Section of bridge collapsed | An unsecured barge during Hurricane Sally crashed into the bridge on September 15, with a crane on said barge falling on the bridge, causing a section of the bridge to collapse into the Pensacola Bay. |
Mexico City Metro overpass collapse | Tláhuac Avenue, Tláhuac, Mexico City | Mexico | 3 May 2021 | Railway/Tram overpass bridge. | Erosion, dilapidation, damage due to the 2017 Puebla earthquake | 26 killed, 70+ injured | Partial collapse of a section of the overpass | Collapsed section of the overpass, with a metro-train leaning over the edge. |
Bridge over Salmysh near Imangulovo 1-Ye | Oktyabrsky District, Orenburg Oblast | Russia | 7 May 2021 | Concrete road bridge | Collapsed during repairs, erosion | 0 killed, 4 injured | Partial collapse of bridge | 4 construction workers were moderately injured. EMERCOM/MChS are taking care of the rubble cleanup operation. |
GA Route 86 overpass of Interstate 16 | Treutlen County, Georgia near Soperton | United States | 15 July 2021 | Concrete and steel road bridge | Bridge struck by raised dump trailer | 0 injured | Road deck shifted 6 feet (2 m) | I-16 was closed in both directions from Exits 71 (GA Route 15/GA Route 78) to 78 (US Route 221/GA Route 56) as the compromised bridge was demolished and cleared. The affected section of I-16 was reopened within 48 hours of the incident, but GA Route 86 had remained closed. In October 2021, GDOT awarded a US$3.6 million contract to reconstruct the GA Route 86 overpass as well as repave 4 miles (6 km) of US Route 221 that was damaged while I-16 was detoured, and the bridge was opened up to traffic in late July 2022. |
Forbes Avenue Bridge over Nine Mile Run and Fern Hollow Creek | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | 28 January 2022 | Steel frame continuous bridge with concrete deck | Corrosion and poor maintenance | 0 killed, 10 injured | Complete Collapse of deck and superstructure | A bus carrying the driver and two passengers as well as four other cars were on bridge deck during collapse. A weight limit of 26 Tons was in place at the time of collapse. Following the collapse, PennDOT ordered reviews of structural adequacy for five other bridges with similar designs to the Fern Hollow Bridge immediately; those five bridges were found to be in "fair" condition at their last inspections. Replacement bridge opened 20 December the same year. |
Loay-Clarin Bridge | Loay, Bohol | Philippines | 28 April 2022 | Steel frame and concrete surface | Excessive weight, earthquake damage | 4 killed, 17 injured | | Overloaded bridge collapsed into the Loboc River. The bridge had previously been damaged by an earthquake in 2013, and had a heavy dump truck on it when it collapsed. 3 Filipinos and an Austrian tourist died. |
Tretten Bridge (sv) | Tretten, Øyer | Norway | 15 August 2022 | There were two types of beams used for the trusses on the bridge: glued laminated timber beams were slanted, while the steel beams were vertical; weathering steel was used. | Block shear failure, which caused overloading of other elements in the truss. | 0 killed | Complete collapse | Tretten Bridge on the day of the collapse. Investigation is ongoing (as of Q3 2022). It is not desirable to have (laminated) wood from the collapsed bridge, floating down the river; as of August, parts of the bridge were still being lifted out of the river and onto the shore, and investigators are taking photos while the parts are being disconnected from the collapsed bridge. |
Sanibel Causeway | Sanibel, Florida | United States | 28 September 2022 | Concrete Girder Bridges | Collapsed due to Hurricane Ian | 0 killed | Partial Collapse | |
Ovčar Banja bridge | Ovčar Banja | Serbia | 13 October 2022 | Pedestrian simple suspension bridge | | 2 killed, 10 injured | Complete collapse | Bridge over the West Morava river that led to a monastery collapsed while a group of tourists was walking over it. No one was found guilty. |
Julto Pul | Morbi, Gujarat | India | 30 October 2022 | Suspension bridge | | 141+ killed, 100+ injured | | Bridge had been reopened four days earlier, following repairs. |
Espoo bridge collapse | Espoo | Finland | 10 May 2023 | Pedestrian bridge | | 24+ injured | | Mainly schoolchildren were injured. |
Interstate 95 bridge collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | 11 June 2023 | Highway overpass | Tanker fire on underpass | 1 killed | Northbound lanes collapsed, southbound lanes damaged | |
2023 Reed Point bridge collapse | Near Columbus, Montana | United States | 24 June 2023 | Railroad bridge | Train derailment | None killed/injured | Train carries hot asphalt/sulfur | |
Modak Bridge over Malan river | Kotdwar, Uttarakhand | India | 12 July 2023 | Road bridge over river Malan | Collapse due to flooding | None killed/injured | Road Bridge over the Malan river connecting Kotdwar with Haridwar and Dehradun collapsed. | |
Randklev Bridge | Ringebu, Innlandet | Norway | 14 August 2023 | Railroad bridge over river Lågen | Bridge collapsed during a flood, because a pillar in the river lost its foundation. | None killed/injured | | |
Mizoram Bridge | Sairang, Mizoram | India | 23 August 2023 | Railway truss bridge | Bridge collapsed during construction | 26 killed | Railway truss bridge collapsed | |
Lixinsha Bridge | Guangzhou, Guangdong | People's Republic of China | 22 February 2024 | Road bridge | Barge collision | 5 killed3 injured | A portion of the bridge collapsed. | 2024 Lixinsha Bridge collapse |
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse | Baltimore, Maryland | United States | 26 March 2024 | Continuous truss road bridge | Ship collision | 6 killed, 2+ injured | Complete collapse of main span | A container ship, MV Dali, struck a support column of the bridge. The collapse was caught on video. |
Paninsky Bridge | Vyazma, Smolensk Oblast | Russia | 8 April 2024 | Concrete road bridge over railway line | Dilapidated condition of the bridge, possibly in combination with ground subsidence during the thaw. | 1 killed, 6 injured | Four sections of the bridge collapse onto the railway line; railway line, overhead line and other power lines as well as a gas line are damaged, train traffic is interrupted. | |
Ponte di Visletto [de] | Cevio, Canton of Ticino | Switzerland | 30 June 2024 | Arch bridge over river Maggia | Collapse due to flooding | | Partial collapse after flooding of river Maggia. | |
Road Bridge Shangluo | Shangluo, Zhashui County, Shaanxi | People's Republic of China | 19 July 2024 | Road bridge | Collapse due to flooding | at least 38 killed, 24 missing | As a result of heavy rainfall, a section of the highway bridge collapsed. | |
Road bridge of Yakang expressway | Ganzi, Sichuan | People's Republic of China | 3 August 2024 | Road concrete bridge | Collapse due to mudslide | 5 missing | Total collapse of road bridge linking two tunnels | |
Sanhui New Bridge | Qiandongnan, Guizhou | People's Republic of China | 8 August 2024 | Arch bridge | Cracks in the bridge | None killed/injured | Collapse of two arches of bridge | |
Babb’s Covered Bridge | Gorham, Maine | United States | 24 August 2024 | Historic covered road bridge | Overweight truck | 1 injured | Truck fell through a section of the bridge | |
Phong Châu Bridge | Lâm Thao, Phú Thọ Province | Vietnam | 9 September 2024 | Road truss bridge over Red River | Collapse due to flooding caused by Typhoon Yagi | 10 missing | Collapse of truss bridge into river | |
Carola Bridge | Dresden, Saxony | Germany | 11 September 2024 | Prestressed concrete road and light rail bridge | | None killed/injured | Collapse of light rail bridge part | |
Red Bridge | Kamloops | Canada | 19 September 2024 | Road bridge | Fire (allegedly arson) | None killed/injured | Total collapse and destruction | Preceded by another, less destructive fire two days earlier. |
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge | between Maranhão and Tocantins states (between Aguiarnopolis and Estreito cities) | Brazil | 23 December 2024 | Road bridge | Poor maintenance (possible) | 13 deaths, 4+ missing | | Several vehicles fell into the river, including a tanker truck which spilled its load of sulfuric acid. A local councillor, who went to the bridge to record the extant structural issues, captured the beginning of the collapse. |
Portland & Western Mary's River Rail bridge | Corvallis, Oregon | United States | 4 January 2025 | Rail bridge | | No deaths or injuries reported | | Bridge collapsed as train was crossing, one car fell into Mary's River. |
Cabagan–Santa Maria Bridge | Cabagan and Santa Maria, Isabela | Philippines | 27 February 2025 | Pre-Stressed concrete girder bridge, (PSCG) | Design Flaws | No deaths, 6 injuries | Partial collapse (third span from Cabagan) | |