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In 1940, Washington State unveiled the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a bold project meant to connect Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and showcase modern engineering. At 5,939 feet (1,810 m) long with a 2,800‑foot (853 m) main span, it was the third‑longest suspension bridge in the world. But its narrow, lightweight design made it unusually flexible. From the very first days, winds off Puget Sound sent the deck rolling like a wave, earning it the nickname “Galloping Gertie.” Engineers tried quick fixes
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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge 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. It opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into Puget Sound on November 7 the same year. The bridge’s collapse has been described as “spectacular” and in subsequent decades “has attracted the attention of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians.” Leonard Coatsworth, a Tacoma News Tribune editor, wa
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35 years ago today: The Lacey V. Murrow Bridge (the 1940-built Lake Washington Floating Bridge), a critically important I-90 span, dramatically broke apart and sank into Lake Washington on November 25, 1990, following a weekend of high winds and rain. The bridge's collapse was attributed to workers leaving hatchways open into the concrete pontoon air pockets during a $35.6 million renovation. This allowed a substantial amount of water to enter the hollow pontoons over the weekend. By Sunday morn
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The 1940 bridge that collapsed and rewrtote engineering rules. In 1940, engineers and spectators gathered around Washington’s new Tacoma Narrows Bridge — one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its unusual flexibility, the bridge swayed dramatically even in moderate winds. On November 7, powerful gusts triggered extreme twisting across the roadway. Photographers and newsreel crews captured the bridge buckling and whipping in massive waves, creating so
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