Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse

Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse
	The bridge after the collapse
Date	4 March 2001
Time	21:15 (WEST)
Location	Between Entre-os-Rios (municipality of Penafiel) and Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Coordinates	41°4′44″N 8°17′45″W / 41.07889°N 8.29583°W
Type	Bridge collapse
Cause	Bridge scour
Deaths	59

The Hintze Ribeiro Bridge collapse, also known as the Entre-os-Rios tragedy (Portuguese: Tragédia de Entre-os-Rios), occurred in the evening of 4 March 2001, between Entre-os-Rios, in the municipality of Penafiel, and Castelo de Paiva, in northern Portugal. After days of heavy rain and flooding, one of the pillars of the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge, a 114 year-old bridge over the Douro river that had visible signs of degradation, collapsed due to scour, dragging with it part of the deck. One bus and three cars fell into the Douro river, killing a total of 59 people, of which the bodies of 36 were never recovered.