Get the Facts: What's the condition of bridges in the US?
Only two out of every five bridges in the U.S. are in good condition, according to the 2024 National Bridge Inventory. How do ...
When disaster strikes: 5 of America's most destructive infrastructure failures caught on camera
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge left the Baltimore community forever changed. What has America learned from past ...
'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
The bridge, also commonly referred to as Galloping Gertie, had just opened to the public four months earlier and used to ...
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Suspension Bridge
the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the third longest suspension bridge in the world. It was promptly nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," due to its behavior in wind. Not only did the deck sway sideways ...
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Engineering’s Ten Biggest Mistakes
“The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge, dubbed Galloping Gertie, was the world’s third-longest suspension bridge when it opened on July 1, 1940. It collapsed in a windstorm about four months later, ...
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NYC will eventually have to abandon part of its water supply if it keeps getting saltier
It had opened just 4 months prior as the world's largest suspension bridge, but it soon gained the nickname Galloping Gertie due to its swaying in the Puget Sound winds. Eventually, strong winds ...