 Yekaterinburg bridge collapse

In the Yekaterinburg bridge collapse in Russia, on September 6, 2006 (according to Itar-Tass) railway traffic was paralyzed by the collapse of an automobile bridge near the center of city.The head of the Sverdlovsk Railway, Shevket Shaidullin, said damage caused by the incident was “quite significant.”

“A total of 111 freight trains and 104 passenger trains were delayed.