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The Seongsu Bridge is a bridge built by Dong Ah Construction Industrial Company''New York Times''
By Reuters, Oct. 22, 1994 over the Han River in
The original bridge collapsed early on the morning of October 21, 1994, when one of its sections broke off due to
Collapse of Seongsu Bridge
Cantilever bridges Bridges in Seoul Bridges completed in 1979 Bridge disasters in South Korea Bridge disasters caused by construction error Bridges completed in 1997 1994 in South Korea Transport disasters in 1994 {{Seoul-geo-stub
By Reuters, Oct. 22, 1994 over the Han River in
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. It links the Seongdong and Gangnam districts. The cantilever bridge
A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers). For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beam (structure), beams; however, large cantilever ...
was completed in 1979 and its total length is .
The original bridge collapsed early on the morning of October 21, 1994, when one of its sections broke off due to failure
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective (goal), objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of Success (concept), success. The criteria for failure depends on context, and may be relative to a parti ...
of the supporting truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
, caused by a faulty weld. A total of 32 people died and 17 were injured in the accident. In the aftermath of the event, authorities planned to repair the bridge, but its structural weaknesses made a repair unfeasible and it was eventually dismantled and replaced. The new design was finished on 15 August 1997, and is similar to the original design.
See also
*List of Han River bridges
The Han River or Hangang () is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula after the Amnok (Yalu), Tuman (Tumen), and Nakdong rivers. The river begins as two smaller rivers in the eastern mountains of the ...
*Sampoong Department Store collapse
On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed due to a structural failure. The collapse killed 502 people and injured 937, making it the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history. It was the deadlie ...
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*Collapse of Seongsu Bridge
Cantilever bridges Bridges in Seoul Bridges completed in 1979 Bridge disasters in South Korea Bridge disasters caused by construction error Bridges completed in 1997 1994 in South Korea Transport disasters in 1994 {{Seoul-geo-stub