This video explains how design flaws and overlooked wind effects caused the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to twist apart and fall ...

Baltimore has now joined Tacoma as a city inextricably linked with monumental bridge collapses.But the demise of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge less than a year after it opened in 1940 came ...

TACOMA, Wash — The Washington State Transportation Commission is asking for the public's opinion this month on several proposed toll rate reductions for drivers using the Tacoma Narrows Bridge ...

Traffic first crossed the bridge in July 1940. Then, just four months later, on November 7, 1940, the span famously disintegrated in a windstorm, and debris tumbled into the Narrows below.

A view of what was left of 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge after the Nov. 7, 1940 windstorm. While Galloping Gertie would gallop no more, this event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges.

The Washington State Transportation Commission unanimously voted Tuesday morning on a decrease to the toll drivers pay on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. In June, the commission asked for public input ...

July 15: Opening ceremonies. New bridge will carry traffic east toward Tacoma. The old will carry traffic west toward Gig Harbor. First-year tolls are $3 round-trip, cut to $1.75 for motorists who ...

The Narrows Bridge was built in the 1950s. It is the fifth-longest suspension bridge in the United States. It was designed to carry 60,000 vehicles a day, but currently is handling over 90,000.

A view of what was left of 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge after the Nov. 7, 1940 windstorm. Suspension and truss bridges The second Narrows span was built in 1950 and the third was opened in 2007.

Baltimore has now joined Tacoma as a city inextricably linked with monumental bridge collapses.But the demise of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge less than a year after it opened in 1940 came ...