The bridge, also commonly referred to as Galloping Gertie, had just opened to the public four months earlier and used to ...

The bridge, which was 5,935 feet long, opened for drivers on July 1, 1940. Locals quickly nicknamed it “Galloping Gertie” due to its motions. This photo shows the grand opening celebration of ...

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Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. At about 11 a.m., the 1940s version of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge came tumbling down after ...

TACOMA, Wash. (WHTM) — The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the ...

It had, very briefly, been the world’s third-longest suspension bridge behind the Golden Gate and George Washington. Construction workers, who nicknamed the span “Galloping Gertie” for its ...