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The disaster led France to abandon suspension bridges until 1870. There had been similar failures elsewhere, such as that at Yarmouth in England in May 1845, when 79 people were killed by the fall of the main deck. The fall of the Angers bridge raised serious questions about the integrity of suspension bridges, and some engineers (such as John A. Roebling) used reinforced decks in future structures such as the Brooklyn bridge. Louis Vicat reported in 1853 on the problems with the anchorages, and all other similar bridges in France had to be carefully inspected.
A new bridge was built on the same site in 1960, using reinforced concrete beams.
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