A search of online newspapers prior to 1940 turns up several examples of many non-bridge things called “Galloping Gertie” long before the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built, including ...

Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940. The ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie," fell into the sound during a windstorm on November 7, 1940. The bridge's collapse was a lesson in poor design and engineering. Luckily ...

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The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge — an elegant but short-lived ... If we were to remember Galloping Gertie by flipping through the Tacoma family album, here are some images and episodes that ...

Iron workers building Galloping Gertie's replacement, the current Tacoma Narrows Bridge perch precariously on the end of steel girder as a steel deck truss is lifted into place. (File, courtesy of ...

Locals quickly nicknamed it “Galloping Gertie” due to its motions. This photo shows the grand opening celebration of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, July 1, 1940. The banner on the bridge tower ...

TACOMA, Wash. (WHTM) — The construction workers called it “Galloping Gertie.” Construction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge started in 1938, and it opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. It was the ...

IN THIS TRANQUIL tableau that his wife captured with a camera, a father and the couple’s daughters gaze upon the newly completed Tacoma ... wider Narrows Bridge “Sturdy Gertie,” and it ...