TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure

Rendsburg High Bridge transporter gondola (2016)

Germany · Vessel impact · transporter (aerial ferry) gondola hung from the 1913 steel truss high bridge over the Kiel Canal

The general cargo ship Evert Prahm approached with the gondola mid-canal…

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