This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.
1940: Tacoma Narrows
Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA - Puget Sound
| Bridgemeister ID: | 198 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1940 |
| Name: | Tacoma Narrows |
| Also Known As: | Galloping Gertie |
| Location: | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA |
| Crossing: | Puget Sound |
| Coordinates: | 47.267015 N 122.548462 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Leon Moisseiff |
| References: | AAJ, BAR, BBR, BFL, BMA, BPL, COB, CTT, GBD, IT1999F, SPW |
| Use: | Vehicular (two-lane, heavy vehicles), with walkway |
| Status: | Collapsed, 1940 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 853.4 meters (2,800 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 2 x 335.3 meters (1,100 feet) |
| Deck width: | 39 feet |
Notes:
- Famously destroyed by wind, November 7, 1940.
- Replaced by 1950 Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
- See 1944 Liard River - Liard River Hot Springs vicinity, British Columbia, Canada. According to CTT, "Two sections from the Tacoma bridge's east approach were [re]used in the Liard span."
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