Engineers still study Narrows Bridge collapse 83 years later | Tacoma …
Nov 27, 2023 · 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...
New footage of the undersea Tacoma Narrows Bridge comes on …
Nov 6, 2020 · New footage, documentary debut on 80th anniversary of the collapse of Galloping Gertie. Under the waves of the Tacoma Narrows, the grave near Galloping Gertie gave birth to a lush kelp forest...
‘Galloping Gertie:’ Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed 83 years ago
Nov 8, 2019 · TACOMA, Wash. - November 7, 2023 marks 83 years since the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. The span nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" was rocked by a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic. It snapped and crashed into …
Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows ...
Nov 7, 2023 · At about 11 a.m., the 1940s version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge came tumbling down after heavy winds were too much for the four-month-old suspension bridge.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) - Wikipedia
The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula.
'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Story by KOMO News Staff. • 4d. Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The bridge, also commonly referred to as ...
Documentary about Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse ... - Tacoma News Tribune
Jul 15, 2021 · A documentary of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse will stream on July 27 on iTunes/AppleTV, Amazon, Google Play/YouTube, FandangoNow, Vudu, and Xbox.
On this date: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse - MSN
Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the world’s third-longest suspension bridge, with a central span of 2,800 feet and two ...
November 7, 1940: Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Nov. 1, 2016. When the Tacoma Narrows Bridge over Puget Sound in the state of Washington famously collapsed on November 7, 1940, it was captured on film for posterity. The footage became the basis for a textbook example of resonance, which is a standard topic in high school physics. But that classic explanation is incorrect.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge | Collapse, Disaster, Length, History,
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, suspension bridge across the Narrows of Puget Sound, connecting the Olympic Peninsula with the mainland of Washington state, U.S. The original bridge, known colloquially as ‘Galloping Gertie,’ was a landmark failure in engineering history.