Directory of Tacoma Narrows Resources

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The Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge (Galloping Gertie) collapsed four months after its opening in 1940.

Resources in This Category

• A Bridge to Remember

  http://www.me.utexas.edu/~me179/topics/lessons/case1articles/case1article5.html
  Short introduction with some statistics about the Tacoma Narrows bridge.

• Tacoma Narrows Bridge

  http://www.nwrain.net/~newtsuit/recoveries/narrows/narrows.htm
  Description of events, pages about the disaster event, the modern day bridge, and comparison of the old and new bridges with drawings and impact map.

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