Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The very narrow 1st Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940) Just a 2 lane blunder.

Of course a stronger & wider bridge should have been designed in the first place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)#Collapse

It was such a narrow & inadequate bridge that it rivaled the very narrow Lions_Gate_Bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)#Cause_of_the_collapse

Eventually, a bigger & better bridge was built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1950)

Then eventually twinned, something that's almost unheard of in BC.


https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=bridges