TACOMA, Wash. — There had been plenty of warning before November 7, 1940, so cameras were ready when Galloping Gertie, the four-month-old suspension bridge linking Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, ...
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — It is one of the Northwest’s most staggering disasters. On November 7, 1940 one of the world's longest suspension bridges collapsed into the Tacoma Narrows. Using a wealth of ...
A newly expanded cut of the documentary about the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge on Nov. 7, 1940, will get a wide release July 27 on several popular streaming platforms. The documentary “700 ...
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is one of the epic civil engineering failures of all time. Immediately after the August 1940 grand opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, motorists and engineers alike ...
Reporters, photographers, engineers, and a dog—the characters who saw Galloping Gertie collapse, and the men who launched a new Narrows Bridge. "I've seen and done just about everything, it seems," ...
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 ...
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