Tacoma Narrows Bridge History Website
Tacoma Narrows Bridge resources

 
   
 

The Bridge as a Connection

 
Why were the
bridges built?
 

The Bridge as Machine
 
How did they
build the bridges?
 

The Bridge as Art
 
Why do the bridges
look like they do?
  People of the Bridge
 
Who designed
the bridges?
Resources


A Tale of Three Bridges - 1940

"Galloping Gertie" - This First Narrows Bridge
 
1940 caisson lags in place.

1940 caisson lags in place. The bridge foundations for the first bridge were used to support the towers of the present-day bridge built in 1950.

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