Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty-five years ago, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. on Nov. 7, 1940, about 11 a.m., the previous ...

French was vacationing in Idaho when he got word of the bridge’s collapse. On Dec. 2, 1940, French was arrested for grand ...

On Nov. 7, 1940 — 85 years ago Friday — the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted and danced in a 40 mph windstorm and then collapsed. The failure of a bridge only four months old was a spectacular lesson for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed into the strait of Puget Sound. The jaw-dropping moment was captured in ...

It was supposed to be a modern marvel - sleek, strong, and a symbol of progress. Instead, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge became one of the most infamous engineering failures of all time. Just four months ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington opened in 1940 as one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Its sleek design used minimal structural material to reduce costs, but that also made the ...

WSDOT will close two left westbound lanes Dec. 13 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Drivers from Tacoma to Gig Harbor should expect delays approaching the bridge. Crews identified and temporarily filled the ...