After nearly five years, $700 million and more than 3 million hours of labor, the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge is finished. Early today, thousands of runners will file onto the bridge, which runs ...
After Galloping Gertie collapsed in 1940, its twisted steel created a thriving underwater world. Now it’s at risk.
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 ...
Transportation officials are hopeful there won't be a toll increase on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge until 2012 despite lower than hoped revenues. The News Tribune says revenues on the bridge fell $1.2 ...