| Trigger,Location,Country,Date,Construction type or Use of Bridge,Reason,Casualties,Damage | |
| Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing,"Vancouver, British Columbia",Canada,17 June 1958,Steel truss cantilever,Collapsed during construction due to miscalculation of weight bearing capacity of a temporary arm.,"19 killed, 79 injured", | |
| Hood Canal Floating Bridge ,"North End of Hood Canal, Washington",United States,13 February 1979,Floating bridge,Blown pontoon hatches combined with extreme windstorm,"0 killed, 0 injured",Western drawspan and western pontoons sunk; other sections survived. | |
| Green Island Bridge,"Troy, New York",,15 March 1977,Lift bridge,Flooding undermined the lift span pier resulting in the western lift tower and roadbed span of the bridge collapsing into the Hudson River.,"0 killed, 0 injured",Bridge destroyed | |
| Cleddau Bridge,Pembroke Dock and Neyland,Wales,2 June 1970,Box girder road bridge,Inadequacy of the design of a pier support diaphragm,"4 killed, 5 injured", | |
| Reichsbrücke,Vienna,Austria,1 August 1976,Road bridge with tram,,"1 killed, 0 injured","Bridge, one bus and a lorry destroyed, ships damaged" | |
| Broughton Suspension Bridge,"Broughton, Greater Manchester",England,12 April 1831,Suspension bridge over River Irwell,Bolt snapped due to mechanical resonance caused by marching soldiers,"0 dead, 20 injured","Collapsed at one end, bridge quickly rebuilt and strengthened" | |
| bridge,,,,,Collapsed beneath the overnight train,, | |
| Claiborne Avenue Bridge,"9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana",,28 May 1993,"Bridge connecting the ""upper"" and ""lower"" 9th Wards",Barge collision,"1 killed, 2 injured", | |
| 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." | |
| Tacoma Narrows Bridge,"Tacoma, Washington",United States,7 November 1940,"Road bridge, cable suspension with plate girder deck",Aerodynamically poor design resulted in aeroelastic flutter,"0 killed, 0 injured ","Bridge completely destroyed, no persons killed. One dog killed and three vehicles lost." | |
| Division Street Bridge,"Spokane, Washington",United States,18 December 1915,"Steel framework, trolley car bridge","Collapsed a week after being resurfaced; poor steel, metal fatigue, and a previous impact by another bridge swept downstream during a flood","5–7 killed, 10 injured","Complete loss, plus two trolley cars destroyed" | |
| Hoan Bridge,"Milwaukee, Wisconsin",,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 | |
| Swinging Bridge,"Heber Springs, Arkansas",United States,,Pedestrian suspension bridge over the Little Red River,Destroyed by pedestrians swinging the bridge,, | |
| Yekaterinburg bridge collapse,Yekaterinburg,Russia,6 September 2006,,Collapse during construction,"0 killed, 0 injured", | |
| Big Four Bridge,"Louisville, Kentucky",United States,10 October 1888,Caisson and truss,"12 died when caisson flooded, 4 died when beam broke, 21 died when truss fell into river",, | |
| Seongsu Bridge,Seoul,South Korea,21 October 1994,Cantilever bridge crossing Han River,Structural failure due to bad welding,"32 killed, 17 injured", | |
| Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse,Florida,United States,15 March 2018,Concrete Pedestrian Bridge,"Partially constructed concrete truss bridge, a rare design. Main span ","6 dead, 10 others injured.",Complete collapse onto public street with heavy vehicular traffic | |
| Point Ellice Bridge,"Victoria, British Columbia",,26 May 1896,,,47/53/50–60 killed , | |
| Bishopsford Road Bridge,"Mitcham, London",,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 ",Partial collapse | |
| Cypress Street Viaduct,"Oakland, California",United States,17 October 1989,,Destroyed in Loma Prieta earthquake,42 killed,"Structure destroyed, remains demolished and removed. The ground-level Cypress Street is now Mandela Parkway." | |
| Maddur railway bridge collapse,Maddur,India,2 October 1897,,River in flood,150 drowned, | |
| 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. | |
| Bulls Bridge,,New Zealand,15 June 1973,,,1 injured,3 spans collapsed | |
| Nimule,Nimule,,October 2006,,,, | |
| West Side Elevated Highway,New York City,,15 December 1973,,Poor maintenance and overloading,,"Single span collapse, which caused the closure and eventual demolition of most of the highway." | |
| Heron Road Bridge,Ottawa,Canada,10 August 1966,Concrete road bridge,Use of green lumber and the lack of diagonal bracing on the wooden support forms during concrete pour.,9 killed,Rebuilt. | |
| Yarmouth suspension bridge,Great Yarmouth,,2 May 1845,Suspension bridge,Spectators crowded the bridge over the River Bure to view a clown travel the river in a barrel. Their position shifted as the barrel passed; the suspension chains snapped and the bridge deck tipped over.,"79 people drowned, mainly children.",Suspension chains snapped due to overload. | |
| 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 | |
| Angers Bridge,Angers,France,16 April 1850,Suspension bridge over Maine River,Wind and possibly resonance of soldiers led to collapse,"226 killed, unknown injured",Bridge total damage | |
| Tadcaster Bridge,North Yorkshire,"England, U.K",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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 ,,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. | |
| Queen Juliana Bridge,"Willemstad, Curaçao",Netherlands Antilles,6 November 1967,Portal bridge,Construction support fault. Bridge fell during construction,,Bridge collapsed at the Punda side | |
| Severn Railway Bridge,Gloucestershire,England,25 October 1960,Cast iron,Two of 22 spans collapsed after two petrol barges collided with one of the support columns in thick fog. A third span collapsed 5 months later.,,Demolished 1967–1970 | |
| Portage Bridge,"Portageville, New York",,,Wooden beam bridge over the Genesee River,,,Bridge was a total loss | |
| Greenfield Bridge,"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania",United States,18 June 1921,Wooden road bridge,Collapsed,"0 killed, 0 injured",Bridge completely destroyed | |
| Kota Chambal Bridge,"Kota, Rajasthan",India,25 December 2009,Under-Construction Bridge,,"48 killed, several injured", | |
| Mungo Bridge,,,1 July 2004,,,, | |
| Palu IV Bridge,Palu,Indonesia,28 September 2018,"Double Steel Arch, Roadway",2018 Sulawesi tsunami,"0 killed, 0 injured", | |
| Britannia Bridge,Menai Strait,Wales,23 May 1970,Railway tubular bridge,Children accidentally set light to debris and railway sleepers and irreparably damaged the bridge,,Tubular section buckled beyond repair | |
| John P. Grace Memorial Bridge,"Charleston, South Carolina",,24 February 1946,Steel cantilever truss automobile bridge,Three spans collapsed due to collision by the freighter Nicaragua Victory,, | |
| 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 | |
| Kutai Kartanegara Bridge,"Tenggarong, East Kalimantan",Indonesia,26 November 2011,Suspension bridge,Human error. Bridge collapsed while workers repaired a cable. ,"20 killed, 40 injured ","Deck completely destroyed, 2 bridge pillars were standing at the time of the collapse." | |
| Kapellbrücke ,Lucerne,Switzerland,18 August 1993,"The oldest wooden bridge in Europe, and one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions.",It is believed that a cigarette started a fire in the evening.,"0 killed, unknown injured", | |
| Pedestrian bridge,,,,,150-year-old pedestrian bridge ,, | |
| 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 | |
| Wootton Bridge,Wootton,England,,Cast iron rail bridge,,, | |
| Sunshine Skyway Bridge,"near St. Petersburg, Florida",United States,9 May 1980,Steel cantilever bridge,"The freighter Summit Venture struck the bridge during a storm, causing the center section of the southbound span to collapse into Tampa Bay","35 killed, 1 injured","1,200 feet " | |
| Koror-Babeldaob Bridge,Koror and Babeldaob,Palau,26 September 1996,,Collapse following strengthening work,"2 killed, 4 injured", | |
| West Gate Bridge,"Melbourne, Victoria",Australia,15 October 1970,Road bridge,Collapsed during construction due to poor design and ill-advised construction methods,,112-metre | |
| Caprigliola bridge collapse,Aulla,Italy,8 April 2020,Concrete bridge,,"0 dead, 2 injured",260m long provincial road bridge collapsed | |
| Egyptian Bridge,Saint Petersburg,,20 January 1905,Stone suspension bridge,,"0 killed, 0 injured",Bridge rebuilt | |
| San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge,"connects San Francisco and Oakland, California",United States,17 October 1989,I-80,50-foot ,1 killed, | |
| Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse,"Laval, Quebec",,28 June 2000,Steel beams and concrete,Beam weakness and other unspecified reasons.,"1 killed, 2 injured",Total collapse | |
| Railway bridge,Tolten River,,,Suspension bridge with steel deck truss.,Cause undetermined—happened as a freight train was crossing the bridge,"0 killed, 0 injured", | |
| Little Silver,New Jersey,United States,30 June 1882,,Train derailment due to insecure railroad switch on the northbound side of the bridge.,"3 killed, 65+ injured","Estimated $15,000 worth of damage to the bridge and cars combined. Bridge was repaired." | |
| Water bridge,"Taiyuan, Shanxi province",,,,180t vehicle overloaded bridge designed for 20t,,Total collapse of 1 span of 2 | |
| Ludendorff Bridge,Remagen,Germany,17 March 1945,Truss railroad and pedestrian bridge,Collapse due to previous battle damage incurred 7 March 1945,28 US soldiers killed,Total destruction | |
| Kinzua Bridge,"Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania",United States,21 July 2003,Historic steel rail viaduct,Hit by tornado with 100 mph winds,,Partial collapse | |
| 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", | |
| Lake Pontchartrain Causeway,"Metairie, Louisiana",United States,16 June 1964,,,,Single span 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. | |
| Eschede train disaster,Eschede,Germany,3 June 1998,Road bridge,Train disaster,"101 killed, 105 injured", | |
| Silver Bridge,"Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio",United States,15 December 1967,"Road bridge, chain link suspension",Poor maintenance and overloading,"46 killed, 9 injured",Bridge and 37 vehicles destroyed | |
| Tay Rail Bridge,Dundee,Scotland,28 December 1879,"Continuous girder bridge, wrought iron framework on cast iron columns, railway bridge","Faulty design, construction and maintenance, structural deterioration and wind load",75 killed ,"Bridge unusable, girders partly reused, train damaged" | |
| Deutz Suspension Bridge,Cologne,Germany,28 February 1945,Suspension road bridge,collapsed during repair work,, | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| Rail bridge,Budila – Brașov County,,,Concrete bridge,Collapse due to the flood,"0 dead, 0 injured ",Total bridge collapse | |
| 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,Partial collapse | |
| Sandö Bridge,"Kramfors, Ångermanland",Sweden,31 August 1939,Concrete arch bridge,Collapsed during construction,18 killed,Complete loss of the main span | |
| Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge,"Hopewell, Virginia",United States,24 February 1977,Lift bridge,"An ocean-going tanker ship, the 5,700 ton, 523-ft long Marine Floridian struck the bridge collapsing a section of the bridge.","0 killed, minor injuries",Section of bridge destroyed | |
| I-10 Twin Span Bridge,"New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana",,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." | |
| Vivekananda Flyover Bridge,Kolkata,India,31 March 2016,Steel girder flyover bridge,Bolts holding together a section of the bridge snapped.,"27 killed, 80+ injured",Fly over on Vivekananda Road Kolkata | |
| Maccabiah bridge collapse,Tel Aviv/Ramat Gan border,Israel,14 July 1997,Athletes pedestrian bridge,Poor design and construction,4 killed , | |
| Quebec Bridge,Quebec City,Canada,11 September 1916,"Cantilever bridge, steel framework, railway bridge",Central span slipped whilst being hoisted in place due to contractor error,"11 killed, unknown injured","Central span dropped into the river, where it still lies today" | |
| 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,",,"West side of bridge separated from abutment and rose 60 cm above grade, but not seriously damaging the span" | |
| General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge,Maracaibo,Venezuela,6 April 1964,Road bridge,Ship collision,,2 section collapsed | |
| Limfjord Railway Bridge,Aalborg,Denmark,28 March 2012,"steel beam, openable",Ship collision,, | |
| Beaver Dam Bridge,"York River, Quebec",Canada,22 May 1963,,Flood damage,6 killed, | |
| Chesapeake City Bridge,"Chesapeake City, Maryland",,28 July 1942,"Road bridge, vertical lift drawbridge","Tanker Franz Klasen rammed the movable bridge supports, causing collapse",,Central span completely destroyed | |
| Hyatt Regency walkway collapse,"Kansas City, Missouri",United States,17 July 1981,Double-deck suspended footbridge in hotel interior,Erroneous redesign of supporting member during construction when original design considered too hard to construct,"114 killed, 200 injured",Walkway destroyed | |
| Mianus River Bridge,"Greenwich, Connecticut",,28 June 1983,Interstate 95 ,Metal corrosion and fatigue/Deferred maintenance,"3 killed, 3 injured",100-foot | |
| Queen Isabella Causeway,"Port Isabel, Texas and South Padre Island, Texas",,15 September 2001,Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Laguna Madre,4 loaded barges veered 175 feet ,"8 killed, 13 survivors",Partial collapse | |
| Nanfang'ao Bridge,"Su'ao, Yilan County",,1 October 2019,Road bridge,,"6 dead, 12 injured",Total collapse | |
| 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 injury", | |
| Myllysilta,Turku,Finland,6 March 2010,,Bridge bent 143 centimetres ,"0 killed, 0 injured", | |
| Nzi River Bridge,near Dimbokro,Ivory Coast,6 September 2016,Steel railway bridge,While train crossing,0 injured, | |
| 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", | |
| Sidney Lanier Bridge,"Brunswick, Georgia",United States,7 November 1972,Vertical Lift Bridge over the South Brunswick River,Struck by the freighter African Neptune,"10 deaths, multiple injuries",Several spans knocked out | |
| Wheeling Suspension Bridge,"Wheeling, West Virginia ",United States,17 May 1854,Suspension bridge carrying the National Road over the Ohio River,Torsional movement and vertical undulations caused by wind,,Deck destroyed; towers left intact and remain in use today | |
| Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge,"Connects Seattle and Mercer Island, Washington",,25 November 1990,,Heavy flooding of pontoons,0 killed 0 injured,"2,790 feet " | |
| Tasman Bridge,"Hobart, Tasmania",Australia,5 January 1975,"Bridge of concrete, Motorway bridge",Ore freighter Lake Illawarra collided with pylons. A 400-foot ,12 killed ,"2 pylons and three sections of bridge collapsed, ore freighter sank, 4 cars fell into river" | |
| Road bridge,,,,,"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", | |
| Almöbron ,,,18 January 1980,Steel arch bridge,Ship collision during bad visibility ,"8 killed, unknown injured",Bridge and several cars destroyed | |