Marilyn's Photos - Nov 13 2025 - Bridge Collapse News
Everyone is focused on the U.S. and Trump with the Epstein files and the re-opening of the government there. No one seems to notice the rest of the world’s news. Yesterday’s news included the collapse of a new bridge in south-west China. It was 758 metres long. Cracks appeared on nearby roads and in the mountain slopes. Then a landslide occurred on Tuesday, causing the collapse of part of the bridge. It just opened in September. It is a scary-looking bridge without the collapse as it is extraordinarily tall. Here’s the collapse LINK.
Wikipedia keeps track of bridge collapses with the first entry in the 312s. That’s right - bridges have been collapsing for a long time. Since January 2025, there are 10 entries worldwide. China gets its fair share of collapses as there is seismic activity in its mountain areas, and there are lots of bridges there. I didn’t retrieve any data on China’s collapse rate, but did notice a number of entries for 2024.
I was able to find out about the U.S.collapse rate. It has data on condition and collapses -1 in 13 bridges is classified in poor condition. The annual collapse rate averages 128. The headlines scream out that a quarter of America’s bridges may collapse within 26 years - that’s the all steel bridges.
What about here in Canada. Canada’s infrastructure is aging with over a quarter of local roads and highways more than 50 years old. This is the sort of timeframe when infrastructure wear out. Canada’s recent bridge collapse was in 2006 in Laval Quebec when the De la Concorde Overpass collapsed, killing five people. The cause was poor design, construction and management.
There’s our disaster of the month story. China’s dramatic collapse did not have any deaths or injuries. Maybe that’s why it didn’t get that much attention.
Look what popped up on a search for bridge - little Dezi on the pedestrian bridge in Port Dalhousie, and the Sydney, AU bridge in the background at the botanical garden.
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