The Bridge the Wind Tore Apart Four Months After It Opened

On November 7, 1940, the deck of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted in the wind like a ribbon, and its center span fell into Puget Sound, a little over four months after the bridge opened. Why a bridge built for stronger winds came apart in a wind of about forty miles an hour, who chose its thin, light design and set the state engineer's first plan aside, what the engineers learned from the film shot that morning, and what still lies on the bottom of the Narrows. The story in five parts 0:00 Introduction 0:45 Part 1: A Cheaper Bridge Across the Narrows 4:00 Part 2: Four Months of Galloping Gertie 6:47 Part 3: The Morning of November Seventh 11:02 Part 4: What the Engineers Learned 14:42 Part 5: What Lies on the Bottom Did you cross the Tacoma Narrows bridges, or did someone in your family see the old bridge before it fell? Tell me in the comments. If you like stories about the roads and bridges America closed, subscribe, and a like helps the channel a lot.