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People of the 1950 Narrows bridge -- ch. 15. Style for a new span -- Epilogue : A bridge to the future, 1993-2007 -- Appendix A : Statistical comparison of the 1940 and 1950 Tacoma Narrows Bridges -- ...
“Tacoma Narrows bridge, built in 1940, was the world’s third largest suspension bridge. It was considered a state-of-the-art masterpiece of 20th-century engineering.
We've come a long way since the old bridge, nicknamed Galloping Gertie, the first Tacoma suspension bridge that so famously shimmied and collapsed in a 1940 windstorm. It's OK to be happy with the ...
Since signs with messages of hope and phone numbers to call for help were tacked onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 2021, Jud Morris of the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula Suicide Prevention Coalition ...
Four people died by suicide on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 2023. The Washington State Patrol responded to 52 people who they suspected might die of suicide on the bridge last year.