5 Massive Bridge Failures Caught On Camera

While no people were on the bridge when the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapsed, there was a dog in the car that was sadly killed during the collapse. Several people tried to save him but he was growling and snapping at people because he was so scared that they couldn't get him out of the car.

I think you need to add the catastrophic ending of the Morandi bridge near Genoa, here in Italy. Lack of maintenance and utterly criminal behaviours of some "authorities" had resulted in a death toll of 47 people..

That bridge collapse in New Zealand cut the only highway on that side of the country. To get around it was a 2 day drive through difficult mountain passes and would take 3 or more tanks of fuel.

The galloping gerty bridge footage never ceases to astound me. Never seen steel and concrete bend so much. Not just a few feet here and there but dozens of feet of bends and torque.

Ping River Bridge, Chiangmai 1:46 Hassanabad Bridge, Pakistan 4:03 State highway 6, New Zealand 7:07 Nanfang'ao Bridge, Taiwan 9:56 Tacoma narrows collapse 12:03 video starts 11:11 edit: taiwan

The New Zealand bridge appears to be a “Bailey Bridge”. These were developed before WW2. The purpose was to create smaller parts that would fit on a Liberty ship that when assembled could form a bridge of indeterminate length. Today these parts are scattered all around the world. They are very much in use today. Washington state has an inventory of Bailey Bridge parts to use in the event of a damaged permanent bridge. They were never intended to make a permanent bridge.

500 feet? when theres a flipping 5 story building next to it... what 50 feet?

Minor correction: As a meteorologist and expat living in Thailand, I can tell you that you’ve got the monsoon season completely backwards. You mention it as October through March… that’s the dry season. The rainy season varies depending on where in Thailand you are (it can start anywhere from April to June), but generally it’s considered to be June through September… although April and May are marginal; indeed the Songkran holiday is celebrated with water as it marks the end of the dry season (it occurs in mid-April).

I was impressed to hear that 18 days after that bridge collapse they had a temporary bridge already set-up .... that is pretty amazing

Missed one the 35 w bridge over the Mississippi river in downtown Minneapolis.

9:48 "...caused it to fall 500 feet." The bridge span was almost 500 feet, it's height was only 60 feet.

Where are you guys getting your information? "The Nanfang'ao bridge in eastern Taiwan suffered a catastrophic collapse on October 1, 2019, killing six and wounding a dozen others. The bridge suddenly fell apart when an oil tanker was crossing over the structure" the bridge had a height of 59ft... not 500ft.

I crossed the bridge in New Zealand, its the only place where you can cross that river by car. The state highway 6 crosses lots of rivers, and most are single lane and sometimes quite long so that you must watch forward well ahead to see oncoming traffic already on the other end of the bridge. One of the bridges between Greymouth and Hokitika even had railway tracks in the middle of that single lane, but this bridge has been replaced with a wider one. As the west coast is very thinly populated and therefore traffic density low the building of sturdier 2 lane bridges is prohibitively expensive. I think this bridge always was a Baily bridge is because the river it crosses is fed by the St. Jozef glacier, one of the largest, and has the most severe flooding, it was not the first time this river took a bridge, and a Baily bridge can be built fast and relatively cheap as it uses standardised prefabricated steel segments.

22 years in Thailand I was amazed that "monsoon season" had moved. It used to be July till October. October till January we call not so dam hot season. hehe. You forgot the Silver bridge disaster that my family crossed regularly till it fell. We are currently under flood warnings here in Bangkok.

Whenever bridge failures are reported, its the footage of the Tacoma Narrows bridge that is often shown, Seeing the bridge twist back and forth like a living creature writhing in agony is a sight that tends to stick in the mind, even now!

You need to correct your statement about the falling 500 feet, I worked on the cleanup process. It fell 62 feet

And now the Francis Scott key Bridge

Love your videos! They're produced beautifully, describing what we're about to see, then silence from your narration as we watch the destruction, all described in perfect & succinct storyline. Keep it up!!👏👏

The Tacoma narrows Bridge is well known, and it received detailed engineering studies for its failure. As the report mentioned, it wasn't a 'one off'. The bridge was twisting and turning even in a little over moderate winds. The way it was explained, that 'skirting' of the bridge badly resonated with the wind, causing the problem. By redesigning the skirting and subject it to extensive wind-tunnel testing, they solved this problem for the new, replacement bridge.

My mom grew up in northern Thailand, and told me all about how flood-prone the area is. When she lived there, from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s, many of the homes were built on stilts to keep them from flooding during the monsoon season. Many of the people also owned small boats for transportation during that time of year.