It might seem odd to write a story about the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in May. However, it’s actually a perfect time to explore a mystery surrounding the nickname of that infamous long-ago span ...

On this date in 1940, one of the most spectacular bridge collapses in U.S. history occurred in Western Washington. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," fell into the sound during a ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the day the first bridge over Puget Sound collapsed 75 years ago this week, a mixed-breed cocker spaniel named Tubby was the only life lost with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in what now is known as ...

Winter storm, blizzard warnings in the mountains with heavy lowland rain by KOMO News Staff TACOMA, Wash. -- November 7 marks a dubious anniversary in the history of local civil engineering feats -- ...

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Here's an engineering disaster that made the engineering history books. The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge was a Washington State suspension bridge that opened in 1940 and spanned the Tacoma Narrows ...

1923: A campaign to bridge the Tacoma Narrows is launched by the civic group Federated Improvement Clubs of Tacoma. 1928: After endorsing a Narrows bridge and estimating the cost at $3 million to $10 ...

1940: The newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses during a windstorm. The collapse is filmed, helping it to become one of the more conspicuous engineering failures in American history. The ...