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Title
D32519-1
Date(s)
- 1939 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1939. Construction of the first Narrows Bridge, later known as the "Galloping Gertie." The road bed leads up to the water and then abruptly drops off. The west pier appears to have been secured out in the Sound, ready for further construction. Work began on the bridge on November 23, 1938. It was dedicated and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. The bridge collapsed in a windstorm just four months later, the blame laid to faulty design. The replacement bridge opened 10 years later. Mount Rainier can be seen in the distance, with Tacoma spread out before. TPL-8609
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridge construction--Tacoma--1930-1940; Progress photographs; Suspension bridges--Tacoma;