Tacoma Narrows Bridge
General Information
| Completion: | 14 October 1950 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Suspension bridge
|
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
|
| Material: |
Steel bridge
|
Location
| Location: |
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA |
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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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| Coordinates: | 47° 16' 5.86" N 122° 33' 2.47" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 853 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 10 m |
| deck width | 18.3 m |
Materials
| cables |
steel
|
|---|---|
| deck |
steel
|
| pylons |
steel
|
Chronology
| 14 October 1950 | Opened to traffic. |
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Participants
Engineering
- Jackson Leland Durkee (engineer)
- Dexter R. Smith (engineer)
- Charles E. Andrew (engineer)
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- : Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA), pp. 203-204.
- (2001): In the Wake of Tacoma. Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability. ASCE Press, Reston (USA).
- : Catastrophe to Triumph. Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows. Washington State University Press, Seattle (USA).
- : Wind tunnel testing of the parallel Tacoma Narrows Bridges. Presented at: Steelbridge 2004, Millau, 23-25 June 2004, pp. 55-56.
- (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 30-33.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000484 - Date created
13/11/1999 - Last Update
05/02/2016