Engineers still study the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which fell into Puget Sound 83 years ago this month. The project to build the original span during the 1930s was $6.4 million. “It was ...
On this date in 1940, one of the most spectacular bridge collapses in U.S. history occurred in Western Washington. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," fell into the sound during a ...
Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. At about 11 a.m., the 1940s version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge came tumbling down after heavy ...
TACOMA, Wash. — There had been plenty of warning before November 7, 1940, so cameras were ready when Galloping Gertie, the four-month-old suspension bridge linking Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, ...
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — It is one of the Northwest’s most staggering disasters. On November 7, 1940 one of the world's longest suspension bridges collapsed into the Tacoma Narrows. Using a wealth of ...
TACOMA, Wash. (WHTM) — The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the world’s ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On November 7, 1940, the bridge spanning the Tacoma Narrows Strait of Puget Sound collapsed after moving dramatically up and down during high ...
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