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The tiny engineering mistake that helped doom the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

The shocking collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is of engineering's most famous disasters, and it changed the way engineers designed suspension bridges.
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On this date: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse

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 ...
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Terrifying cracks found on Tacoma Narrows Bridge 84 years after its notorious collapse

Cracks have been found on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state 84 years after the structure collapsed into the Puget Sound. The massive suspension bridge, which connects the city of Tacoma ...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Community connections - Aftermath

Scandals, squabbles, and lawsuits gave way to the building of a sturdy, new Narrows Bridge—but it took almost a decade. Shortly after the fall of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, radio reporters arrived at ...
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Michael Sullivan talks about the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. Michael Sullivan talks about the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse.