Tacoma Narrows
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The Tacoma Narrows, a strait, is part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. A navigable maritime waterway between glacial landforms, the Narrows separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the city
The Tacoma Narrows as viewed from Tacoma, facing northwest towards the Kitsap Peninsula. The towers for the 2007 Tacoma Narrows Bridge are under construction in this photograph; the 1950 Tacoma Narrows Bridge is to the right of the new bridge construction. (2005)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)
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The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the
Tacoma Narrows
…the Narrows separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the city of Tacoma. The Narrows is spanned by the twin Tacoma Narrows Bridges (State Route 16). An earlier bridge collapsed shortly after it opened. In 1841 Charles Wilkes, during the United States Exploring Expedition, named the strait simply Narrows. Its name was…
The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge on its opening day on July 1, 1940
Program for the opening of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, June 30, 1940
The main bridge span falling into the strait on November 7, 1940
A fragment of the collapsed bridge, in the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma