Second Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge

This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.

Bridge:Second Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge
Location:Tacoma, Washington, USA - Puget Sound
Coordinates and Maps:See related inventory record(s).
Image Set Contributor:David Denenberg
Date of Images:2003
Related Suspension Bridge Inventory:1950 Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA
Related Image Lists:All from David Denenberg
All in Washington
All in USA
All Vehicular Suspension Bridges
Credit:Photos by David and Allison Denenberg. Please do not reuse without permission.

Completed in 1950, this bridge replaced "Galloping Gertie", the first Tacoma Narrows bridge, famously destroyed by wind a few months after it opened in 1940. This bridge is the fifth longest in North America. A new Tacoma Narrows bridge is under construction to ease traffic on the current bridge. Some of the construction site is visible in the foreground of the first picture.

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