PARIS: Some deadly bridge collapses around the world since 2000:

— March 2001, Portugal: 58 people die when a century-old road bridge collapses.

— May 2002, United States: 13 die when a river barge hits a bridge pillar in Oklahoma.

— July 2002, Nigeria: 14 die as a wooden bridge collapses over a lagoon.

— June 2003, Jordan: 10 dead in the collapse of a bridge under construction.

— Aug 2003, India: 20 children and an adult die as a bridge falls into a river near Mumbai.

— Dec 2003, Bolivia: At least 29 die as floods wash away a road bridge.

— Nov 2005, China: At least 13 workers killed when the bridge they are building in the southwest of the country collapses.

— Aug 2006, Pakistan: At least 40 die as rains wash away a bridge.

— Dec 2006, India: At least 34 dead as a bridge collapses onto a train.

— July 2007, United StAtes: 13 motorists die when a major road bridge falls into the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

— Aug 2007: China: At least 64 workers dead when a river bridge in central China collapses as they are completing its construction.

— Sept 1, 2007: Pakistan: At least six dead when a road bridge collapses in Karachi, only a month after its opening.

— Sept 26, Vietnam: At least 36 die as a bridge collapses while under construction.—AFP