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
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
David Barnard Steinman was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's lower Manhattan,
Steinman on the Mackinac Bridge.
Steinman's crowning achievement, the "Mighty Mac" or Mackinac Bridge