Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Learning From Earthquakes

Damaged Bridges

February 16, 2018

By Majid Sarraf.

April 13 2010, Parsons.

Observation of damaged bridges (photos).

 

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 Figure 1. Railroad Bridge – single span collapse.   Figure 2. Railroad Bridge, permanent offset in rail alignment.  Figure 3. Railroad bridge, unseating of girders.
     
     
 Figure 4. UABC Pedestrian Bridge- Support Beam Damage.  Figure 5. Pedestrian Bridge-Support Beam Failure.  Figure 6. Bridge over Hwy. 2, settlement of slope paving.
     
     
 Figure 7. Highway 2 Bridge- crushing of slope paving.  Figure 8. Hwy 5 Overcrossing, pending unseating of PS girder.  Figure 9. Bridge over Hwy. 2, Damage to shear key and bent cap.