Tacoma Narrows Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Completed in: | 1950 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
New Tacoma Narrows Bridge (2007)
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| Replaces |
Galloping Gertie (1940)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 853 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 10 m |
| deck width | 18.3 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Chronology
| 14 October 1950 | Opened to traffic. |
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Relevant Web Sites
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A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering: Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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Bridge Pros: Second Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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HAER: Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pierce, WA
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OPAC: Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Seismic Evaluation
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Project
Relevant Publications
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 106-107
- Catastrophe to Triumph, Washington State University Press, Seattle (USA), ISBN 0874222893
- Spanning Washington, Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA); pp. 203-204
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 150-151
- In the Wake of Tacoma, ASCE Press, Reston (USA), ISBN 0-7844-0542-5, 2001
- Wind tunnel testing of the parallel Tacoma Narrows Bridges, presented at Steelbridge 2004, Millau, 23-25 June 2004.
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 30-33
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000484 |
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| Created: | 13/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |