Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940.

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 third-longest suspension ...

Traffic was stop-and-go for over 8 miles up to and across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Thursday evening after a collision near ...

The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering and physics classrooms across the world. Both resonance from vortex shedding and aeroelastic ...

Traffic backups began at 6:46 p.m. on the Narrows Bridge due to police activity on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Washington State Department of Transportation Courtesy Traffic is backed up on the Tacoma ...

New Tacoma Narrows Bridge The failure came as a severe shock ... but most agree the collapse had something to do with a complex phenomenon called resonance: the same force that can cause a ...

The Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse was a true disaster, but it did have a silver lining. It motivated the engineering community to do extensive testing and research to make suspension bridges safer.

Update: All lanes on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge have been re-opened, according to a post by Notify NYC on X at 4:23 p.m.

our state legislature passed a bill that reduced tolls by 75 cents for those crossing the Narrows Bridge, coupled with a $130 million transfer from the state’s General Fund to the Tacoma Narrows ...

Traffic is backed up on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on state Route 16 due to police activity, the Washington State Department of Transportation posted on X.