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Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping ...
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Here’s how Galloping Gertie’s iconic collapse 83 years ago shapes bridge designs today

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. “It was ...
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The Collapse of "Galloping Gertie" (The Tacoma Narrows Bridge)

On November 7, 1940, the bridge spanning the Tacoma Narrows Strait of Puget Sound collapsed after moving dramatically up and down during high winds. The bridge garnered the name "Galloping Gertie," ...
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History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 85 years since Galloping Gertie’s collapse

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty-five years ago, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. on Nov. 7, 1940, about 11 a.m., the previous ...
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Bridge Poem

“I remember seeing the ‘Galloping Gertie’ Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse in a Physics class in high school,” Lucy told The Atlantic, “and the surprising image of something as sturdy and robust-looking ...