Disasters in date order
Point Ellice Bridge, 1896 - 47/53/50—60 died (reports vary), overloaded tram car collapses central span.
Appomatox River Drawbridge Bus Accident, 1935 - 14 killed when bus drove across the drawbridge when it was open.
King Street (Melbourne) bridge 1962 – collapse of one span, no deaths.
Heron Road Bridge, 1966, Ottawa - 9 killed
Benjamin Harrison Bridge, 1977 - no fatalities, ship strike
Granville railway disaster, 1977 - 83 killed when derailed train knocked down a road overbridge.
Tjörn bridge, 1980, Sweden - 8 killed - ship strike.
Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, 1981 - 114 killed, more than 200 injured
Glanrhyd Bridge, Carmarthen, 1987 - Train washed off railway bridge by flood waters, 4 killed including 1 school boy drowned trying to rescue passengers.
Hatchie River Bridge (Hwy US-51) collapse, 1989, Tennessee - 8 killed when a 3 span section of the bridge failed due to scour of the bridge foundations.
San Francisco Bay Bridge, 1989 - 1 killed when Loma Prieta earthquake caused upper deck of eastern truss to collapse onto main deck carrying traffic.
Cypress Street Viaduct, 1989 - 42 killed during Loma Prieta earthquake.
Winkley Bridge, 1989 - 5 killed when 1912 bridge collapsed from 40 students swinging on it.
Big Bayou Canot train disaster, 1993 - 47 killed when railway bridge hit by barge.
Seongsu Bridge, 1994 - 32 died and 17 injured.
Koror-Babeldaob Bridge, 1996 - at least 1 killed following strengthening work.
Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy, 1997 - 4 killed
Interstate 794 Hoan Bridge,Wisconsin, 2000 - Partial failure, no injuries
Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge, Portugal, 2001 - 59 killed in three cars and one bus after the collapse of the bridge.
Kadalundi River rail disaster, India, 2001 - 57 drowned when 140-year old rail bridge collapsed.
Rafiganj rail disaster, India, 2002 - 130 died when terrorists sabotaged rail bridge, causing crash.
The I-40 Bridge Disaster, 2002 - 14 killed in barge strike.
Interstate 95 bridge over Howard Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 2003 - Fire resulting from fuel truck crash melted the bridge superstructure, resulting in partial collapse. No fatalities; driver of the truck escaped with minor injuries.
Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge, Latchford, Ontario, 2003 - Partial failure, no one hurt.
Veligonda rail disaster, India, 2005 - 114 killed when flood washed rail bridge away.
Autoroute 19 Overpass Collapse, Laval, Quebec,Canada, 2006 - Five dead, six injured
Run Pathani Bridge Collapse, 80 km east of Karachi, Pakistan - Bridge collapse during the 2006 monsoons.
Guinea - Bridge collapses in March, 2007 under a weight of a truck packed with passengers and merchandise in southeastern Guinea - killing 65 people.[4]
Oakland, California - Tanker explosion melts sections of the MacArthur Maze, causing them to collapse on April 29, 2007. The damaged sections are repaired and reopened by May 24, 2007.
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Interstate 35 bridge connecting Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota inexplicably collapses on August 1, 2007. (Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse.)
On December 15, 1973, the northbound lanes between Little West 12th Street and Gansevoort Street collapsed under the weight of a dump truck, which was carrying over 30 tons (27,000 kg) of asphalt for ongoing repairs of the highway. A four-door sedan followed the truck through the hole; neither driver was seriously injured.
I wonder how much Salt is used on that bridge in the winter ?...