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In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened at a cost of $6.4 million; it collapsed into Puget Sound four months later in 40 mph winds

"Galloping Gertie" swayed from day one, but its fatal flaws taught engineers how to build safer bridges.
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Stories - The 1940 Narrows Bridge

Elmer Maxwell Hayden's handprint remains on the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Mr. Hayden was senior partner in the law firm Hayden, Metzger, & Blair, which provided legal counsel necessary for the ...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - The bridges as art

Bridges are graphic expressions of American culture. Their unique purpose and forms have moved painters and poets, as well as architects. One great poet, Walt Whitman, extolled American bridges when ...

'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The ...
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In Video: 1940 Tacoma narrows bridge collapse

The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940. and earned its nickname “Galloping Gertie” by construction workers after they noticed the effect the wind had on the bridge during its build.
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The man blamed for the fall of Tacoma’s Galloping Gertie

On the day the first bridge over Puget Sound collapsed 75 years ago this week, a mixed-breed cocker spaniel named Tubby was the only life lost with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in what now is known as ...

In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened after 19 months of construction at a cost of $6.4 million; it collapsed into Puget Sound four months later in 40 mph winds

The bridge opened on July 1, 1940, and had the third-longest suspension span in the entire world, according to the Washington ...