In the Finnish town of Espoo, a temporary bridge at a shopping mall in Tapiola collapsed Thursday morning. According to information, at least 27 people were injured when the span gave out and landed on the street. Most of the injuries consisted of broken bones. Details about the accident and the bridge itself can be found here:
The Collapse of the Truesdell Bridge at Dixon, Illinois on May 4th, 1873. Source: Photo by Charles Keyes, courtesy of the Lee County Historical & Genealogical Society and the Loveland Community House, Dixon, IL., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
It’s been 150 years since a bridge in Dixon, Illinois, collapsed. It remains the worst vehicular-bridge disaster in American history. Some information about the bridge disaster can be found in a pair of links below:
This is a blog about my project of visiting every bridge over the Genesee River and what I learned about the history, structure, and natural surroundings of each bridge.
The Bridgehunter's Chronicles 