TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure

Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal walkway, Butterworth (1988)

Malaysia · Overload / crowd · 32 deaths · two-level ferry terminal, steel-framed passenger walkway over the vehicle deck

The 1956 terminal fed foot passengers to the ferries along an elevated steel-framed walkway with a plank floor, built directly over the vehicle deck…

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