Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:31pm on 11 Nov 2025,Tuesday International
China’s newly built Hongqi Bridge in Maerkang, Sichuan province, collapsed on November 11, 2025, just months after completion. Engineers had detected cracks in the roadbed and slopes a day earlier, closing the bridge to traffic. By Tuesday, the cracks widened, triggering a landslide that caused sections of the 758-meter-long approach structure to crumble into the valley. Dramatic footage showed the collapse within seconds, though no casualties were reported. Authorities confirmed slope instability, not structural defects, as the cause. The bridge was part of a major highway linking central China to Tibet. This incident follows another deadly collapse earlier this year of an under-construction railway bridge in Qinghai, which killed 12 workers.
