'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The ...
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On this date: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
(WHTM) — The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of ... produce rapid periodic motion.” ...
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Let’s leave bridge building to the bridge builders | Whale’s Tales
Take bridge design and engineering ... so workers nicknamed it “Galloping Gertie.” Its main span finally collapsed in 40-mph ...
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In 1940, Washington state's original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," collapsed into Puget Sound during a windstorm just four months after opening to traffic. • In 1962 ...