List of national collapsed bridges

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List of national collapsed bridges

A slideshow of bridges that have collapsed in the United States.

An oversized load hit the trusses of the bridge over the Skagit River. The bridge collapsed into the water.

A 600-foot concrete span that crosses the Spokane River collapsed in 1915 after trolley cars were crossing the steel bridge. The incident happened a week after being resurfaced.

The first suspension bridge in Washington and the third longest suspension bridge in the world, opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. In the same year, the bridge collapsed into Puget Sound.

Three spans of the truss bridge in Charleston collapsed after a collision with freighter Nicaragua Victory.

The suspension bridge over the Ohio River built in 1928 connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio, collapsed during rush-hour traffic

The floating bridge that carries Washington State Route 104 across Hood Canal and connects the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas sank during a windstorm.

The steel and concrete bridge spanning Tampa Bay collapsed when a freighter collided with a pier during a storm. The bridge plummeted into Tampa Bay.

A bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the Mianus River in Greenwich collapsed in 1983. A 100-foot section of the deck of its southbound span around 1:30 a.m., when traffic was low

In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake hit the bay area. A section of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge collapsed onto the deck below.

The floating bridge that carries eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 across Lake Washington sank while under construction in 1990.

As a result of rising flood waters and ice from a blizzard, high floodwaters lifted the span of the truss bridge in Harrisburg. The spans were lifted off their foundations and swept away.

The northbound lane of the concrete and steel bridge in Milwaukee started to buckle during morning rush hour.

The eight-lane bridge that carried Interstate 35 W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Minnesota suddenly collapsed during rush hour in 2007. The bridge was Minnesota’s fifth busiest.

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An oversized load hit the trusses of the bridge over the Skagit River. The bridge collapsed into the water.

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