All lanes of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have reopened after crews completed emergency repairs to a cracked steel bridge joint.
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Why engineers thought this bridge was safe until the wind took control
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was considered modern, efficient, and perfectly safe. But almost from the day it opened, the structure began behaving in ways engineers couldn’t explain. As wind conditions ...
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 ...
Commuters who take the Tacoma Narrows Bridge know that it’s no stranger to emergency repairs. So what would it take to fix it? The Narrows is just one of the state’s bridges in need of mending. About ...
All eastbound lanes of State Route 16 (SR 16) have reopened at the Tacoma Narrows Bridge after a car crash occurred in a construction zone, shutting down the lanes for more than seven hours. “Around ...
On Nov. 7, 1940 — 85 years ago Friday — the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted and danced in a 40 mph windstorm and then collapsed. The failure of a bridge only four months old was a spectacular lesson for ...
WSDOT will close two left westbound lanes Dec. 13 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Drivers from Tacoma to Gig Harbor should expect delays approaching the bridge. Crews identified and temporarily filled the ...
A crash on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge has the HOV lane and the left lane blocked on Dec. 4, 2025. WSDOT Traffic is backed up on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge after a crash Thursday afternoon. The HOV lane ...
Foreword / Douglas B. MacDonald -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : Bridging the Narrows -- ch. 1. Crossing the Narrows : idea and dream, ca. 1888-1937 -- ch. 2. Creating the first Narrows Bridge, ...
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