Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty-five years ago, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. on Nov. 7, 1940, about 11 a.m., the previous ...

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 Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, or ‘Galloping Gertie,’ dramatically collapsed into the Puget Sound. Friday marks 85 years since the disaster reshaped how engineers approach long-span ...

The students will be introduced to the different type of bridges using a virtual reality bridge builder on the internet. At the end of this lesson students will be able to understand: Write clearly ...

The winds were blowing at 40 mph (64 km/h) across the Tacoma Narrows strait when "Galloping Gertie" began to bounce. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which connected Tacoma, Washington, with the Kitsap ...

It might seem odd to write a story about the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in May. However, it’s actually a perfect time to explore a mystery surrounding the nickname of that infamous long-ago span ...

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 ...

Before it was the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, it was known as Galloping Gertie. A suspension bridge that would twist and rise before it eventually collapsed in 1940, only five months after it opened. "It ...

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 ...

Under the waves of the Tacoma Narrows, the grave near Galloping Gertie gave birth to a lush kelp forest "dense as an African jungle," Peter Bortel says. A seabed peppered 80 years ago Saturday with ...

The twin engineering marvels that are the Tacoma Narrows bridges -- one built in 1950, the other due to open this summer -- are likely to inspire many questions and thoughts among those who drive ...

In Tacoma, July 1, 1940 was a day of celebration as a crowd estimated to number 7,000 gathered for the opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge with a main span measuring 2,800 ft.