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Tacoma narrows bridge
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Galloping Gertie was first. Second was stiff Gertie
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is also called "The Current Bridge". Another nickname was "Sturdy Gertie".
Notably , "Galloping Gertie" , the suspension bridge "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" in 1940 .
the original Tacoma narrows bridge was called "galloping gertie" because the wind pressure became so strong that the bridge was overwhelmed by pressure and the two sides of the road began to "wave", the center line remaining at the same level.
The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, known after the storm as "Galloping Gertie". == ==
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was 5938 feet long before it collapsed.
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Steel and cables. The bridge nickname is Galloping Gertie when it buckled and fell in high winds. I have driven across the bridge and it has girders and seems pretty solid.
Galloping Gertie did not span a river; it spanned a strait (Tacoma Narrows) that is a part of Puget Sound. Puget Sound is connected to the Pacific Ocean and has multiple arms that extends deep into western Washington. Technically speaking, one might say that Galloping Gertie collapsed into an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
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