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Bridge Failure Database

Walnut street viaduct over Interstate 20 in Denver, Colorado

Year 1985
Type Road
Country United States (108)
Cause Design error
Details Failure of pier head sending eight 55-ton bridge girders onto road underneath
Fatalities 1
Injuries 4
Collapse partial
Phase construction
Period 1941-1990
Continent North America
References SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2151748,00.html

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