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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
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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Participants
Engineering
- Charles E. Andrew (engineer)
- Jackson Leland Durkee (engineer)
- Dexter R. Smith (engineer)
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 106-107. (1993):
- Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 30-33. (2002):
- Catastrophe to Triumph. Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows. Washington State University Press, Seattle (USA). :
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe. Brissaud, Poitiers (France), pp. 150-151. (1990):
- In the Wake of Tacoma. Suspension Bridges and the Quest for Aerodynamic Stability. ASCE Press, Reston (USA). (2001):
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000484 - Date created
13/11/1999 - Last Update
05/02/2016