Tacoma Narrows Bridge Resources
All About Bridges
BridgePros www.bridgepros.com/
A comprehensive site that offers specific updates about bridge projects globally; links to other bridge web sites and a bridge learning center.
Bridgeink www.bridgeink.com
A gallery of bridge photos taken by Robert Cortright, a retired American banker
who encourages return visits by featuring a monthly bridge quiz. As a result
of traveling overseas, Cortright developed a fondness for bridges and, since
1990, has published three coffee table books of bridges worldwide. Cortright's
most recent book, "Bridging The World," may be found at local bookstores.
To learn more about Cortright and his passion for bridges, see the feature story
in Bridge Design & Engineering: www.bridgeweb.com/magazine/FeatureDetails.cfm?ArticleID=638
Structurae www.structurae.net/en/
Features information on works of structural engineering, architecture or construction
through time, history and form around the world. There is an entire section
devoted to bridges - covered bridges, clapper bridges, movable bridges and,
of course, suspension bridges.
A Span for All Seasons www.bridgemeister.com/index.htm
An inventory of suspension bridges built since the 1700s.
The Bridge Beat
Read more about the bridge project by visiting the web sites of local and regional newspapers:
Tacoma News Tribune www.tribnet.com/news/projects/narrows_bridge/
The daily paper offers readers a project page with a chronological list of (and links to) bridge stories. Every Monday, the paper features a weekly construction update.
Peninsula Gateway News www.gateline.com/news/
Published on Wednesday, the weekly Gig Harbor paper routinely covers the story of what will be the third suspension bridge to cross the Narrows.
The Kitsap Sun www.kitsapsun.com
The Bremerton paper is a daily newspaper that reports on bridge news, including traffic revisions.
Port Orchard Independent. www.portorchardindependent.com
The twice-weekly newspaper periodically reports on the new bridge project.
Other Resources
Puget Sound Marine Life. www.pdza.org/
The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium is home to some of the same marine species found in the waters of Puget Sound, including the Tacoma Narrows that is home to salmon, steelhead, rockfish, sharks, seahorses and much more.
Mass Transit Crossing Over Narrows. www.piercetransit.org/
Pierce Transit buses travel across the Narrows everyday. The transit company provides service to a 450-square-mile area and some 675,000 people. Bus service connects Gig Harbor and other Peninsula residents to Fircrest, Lakewood, Tacoma, University Place and unincorporated Pierce County.
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