Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 video clip.
1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940.

The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from salvagers.

A dramatic tale of failure and success
The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.

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Film & Animation

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• Bridge
• Collapse
• Gallopin'
• Gertie
• documentary

[ramblsimm]

It really disengaged go that fast so dont lie abbout how fast it gos

[Abitibbi]

lol... it shakes funny

[BuffleMuffle]

chuck norris was just sneezed, thats all.

[gizmoguyar]

I bet the engineers where embarrassed after this.

[gizmoguyar]

@37HUSKIES If you do a little research you'll find that this was a real disaster. They had to redesign and rebuild it after the high winds tore it apart.

[umphreak183]

nice job building your suspension bridge correctly, dick head.

[scotthayes79]

@37HUSKIES its not fake you retard. go learn some history!!! the bridge just wasn't built right.

[Lolbrennenz]

When I was little and my mom told me it swayed like a wave I didn't believe it! and then I saw a video like this in 2nd grade and I was like... Whoa! She was serious? lol

[37HUSKIES]

the bridge is made of steel and concrete floor. if this happen, 1st the floor of this bridge will have many cracks then break ups. so this is a fake video.

[37HUSKIES]

Fake