Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Wikipedia
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 (known …
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) - Wikipedia
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, with a main span of 2,800 feet (850 m), was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world at that time, following the George Washington Bridge between New Jersey and New York City, and the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Marin County to its north.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge | Collapse, Disaster, Length, History ...
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, suspension bridge across the Narrows of Puget Sound, connecting the Olympic Peninsula with the mainland of Washington state, U.S. The original bridge, known colloquially as ‘Galloping Gertie,’ was a landmark failure in engineering history.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling | WSDOT
Find out how to pay tolls, and what the toll rates are for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Tolling on the SR 16 Tacoma Narrows Bridge helps repay the costs to build the second span of the bridge which opened in 2007.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses | November 7, 1940 - HISTORY
2009年11月13日 · A replacement bridge opened on October 14, 1950, after more than two years of construction. It is the fifth longest suspension bridge in the United States, 40 feet longer than the original.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Bridge - Lessons from failure
The collapse of the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge stunned everyone, especially engineers. How could the most "modern" suspension bridge, with the most advanced design, suffer catastrophic failure in a relatively light wind?
Tacoma Narrows Bridge history - Washington State Department ...
Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster.
November 7, 1940: Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
When the Tacoma Narrows Bridge over Puget Sound in the state of Washington famously collapsed on November 7, 1940, it was captured on film for posterity. The footage became the basis for a textbook example of resonance, which is a standard topic in high school physics.
Engineers still study Narrows Bridge ... - Tacoma News Tribune
2023年11月27日 · 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.
BUILDING BIG: Databank: Tacoma Narrows Bridge - PBS
On the morning of November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted violently in 42-mile-per-hour winds and collapsed into the cold waters of the Puget Sound. The disaster -- which luckily took...
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