This is a list of bridge failures.

Before 1800

1800–1899

1900–1949

1950–1999

2000–present

Bridge disasters in fiction

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores t ...

(2005 novel): the fictional Brockdale Bridge, by the

Death Eaters The Death Eaters are characters featured in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels and films. They are a radical group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, who seek to purify the wizarding community by eliminating wiz ...

(replaced by the real-world

Millennium Bridge, London The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Br ...

in the 2009 film) *

Final Destination 5 ''Final Destination 5'' is a 2011 American 3D supernatural horror film directed by Steven Quale and written by Eric Heisserer. It is the fifth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and a prequel to the first film. ''Final D ...

(2011 film) * The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952 novel) and its 1957 film adaptation

The Bridge on the River Kwai ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, th ...

* The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927 novel) *

Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring ...

(1961 film) *

The Cassandra Crossing ''The Cassandra Crossing'' is a 1976 disaster thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg and O. J. Simpson about a disease-infected Swedish ...

(1976 film) *

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' ( it, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Clee ...

(1966 film): bridge intentionally destroyed by Blondie and Tuco *

The General (1926 film) ''The General'' is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir ''The Gre ...

* Train Man (1999 novel): featuring destruction of rail bridges over the

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest Drainage system (geomorphology), drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson B ...

* X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 film): The

Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Pen ...

is rerouted by mutants to create a path to

Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pri ...

* Monsters vs. Aliens (2009 film): The

is destroyed by a giant

robot A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be ...

but Ginormica saves all of the commuters on it. * San Andreas (2015 film): movie that portrays the destruction of several notable structures in the western United States, including the

, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,

Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on S ...

and the Pat Tillman Bridge. *

London Has Fallen ''London Has Fallen'' is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John and Christian Gudegast. It is the second installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series, ...

(2016 film): bridges destroyed by terrorists * Gotham (2018 TV series episode): numerous bridges destroyed in Gotham *

A Single Shard ''A Single Shard'' is a novel by Linda Sue Park, set in 12th-century Korea. It won the 2002 Newbery Medal, awarded for excellence in children's literature. It also received an honorable mention from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literatu ...

: bridge railing breaks and causes Crane-man's death *

Godzilla (2014 film) ''Godzilla'' is a 2014 American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards. It is a reboot of Toho's ''Godzilla'' franchise, the 30th film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, the first film in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, and the second ''Godzi ...

: Godzilla, under attack by the United States Navy while in pursuit of 2 MUTOs, walks through the road deck of the

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