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 ...
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 ...
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 ...