Sichuan China's Bridges: Xiao Yu Dong (Fish Hole) Bridge (3)

July 2008 (31.185 Degrees, 103.765 Degrees) Xiao Yu Dong Bridge

Another view of the 'Fish Hole' Bridge. The two spans on the left side of the bridge collapsed and the rest of the bridge was severely damaged. The bent cap seats were about 34 inches wide and so there was only about a 12 inches to support the girders on each side, which was smaller than the fault offset.  As the right end of the bridge was lifted up onto the abutment, the rest of the bridge was pulled over and collapsed.

Sichuan China's Bridges: Xiao Yu Dong (Fish Hole) Bridge (3) by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.