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The Collapse of the Tjörn Bridge, Sweden, 1980

ble of Contents. The Collapse Of The Tjörn Bridge, Sweden,1980.

"The collapse has been caused by the deterioration of the ship's maneuverability due to external disturbances in relation to the normal anticipated for the vessel. A contributing cause of the accident is the failure to wait for daylight and / or to use a tugboat since visibility and night darkness have not allowed the opportunity to observe obstacles in the waterway such as ice. At each trip the ship's crew used to look at the huge concrete clumps that were the abutments of the collapsed bridge, they still stand on the banks on both sides of the Almö inlet, saying: - Wasn't this where ...?

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