Seongsu Bridge

Seongsu Bridge

250px The rebuilt Seongsu Bridge
Time	07:40am KST
Date	October 21, 1994 (1994-10-21)
Location	Han River, Seoul, South Korea
Deaths	32
Non-fatal injuries	17

Seongsu Bridge
Hangul	성수대교
Hanja	聖水大橋
Revised Romanization	Seongsu Daegyo
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏngsu Taegyo

The Seongsu Bridge is a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. The bridge links the Seongdong and Gangnam districts. The cantilever bridge was completed in 1979 and its total length is 1160 m. It became infamous when it collapsed on October 21, 1994.

Collapsed bridge in 1994

The bridge collapsed early in the morning when one of its concrete slabs fell due to a failure of the suspension structure. This structural failure was caused by improper welding of the steel trusses of the suspension structure beneath the concrete slab roadway.

32 people died and 17 were injured in the accident. Afterwards, the bridge was supposed to be repaired, but because of a weakness in the structure, it had to be completely redesigned and rebuilt. The new design was finished on 15 August 1997, and is similar to the original design.

See also

• List of Han River bridges
• Sampoong Department Store collapse

External links

• Sungsoo Grand Bridge at Structurae
• Collapse of Seongsu Bridge