It might seem odd to write a story about the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in May. However, it’s actually a perfect time to explore a mystery surrounding the nickname of that infamous long-ago span ...

On this date in 1940, one of the most spectacular bridge collapses in U.S. history occurred in Western Washington. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," fell into the sound during a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remembering Galloping Gertie 83 years after collapse of Tacoma Narrows Bridge Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping ...

Under the waves of the Tacoma Narrows, the grave near Galloping Gertie gave birth to a lush kelp forest "dense as an African jungle," Peter Bortel says. A seabed peppered 80 years ago Saturday with ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Seattle author Amanda Abler says she was a high school freshman in New Hampshire when she first learned about the infamous collapse of Galloping Gertie. "And it just blew my mind that ...

1940: The newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses during a windstorm. The collapse is filmed, helping it to become one of the more conspicuous engineering failures in American history. The ...

Andrew Homan of University Place is one of six News Tribune reader columnists for 2019. Drew Perine News Tribune photo I live 10,280 feet south of a world-famous disaster. People all over the world ...