'Galloping Gertie': Looking back at the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
Thursday marks the 84th anniversary of when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge infamously collapsed due to strong winds in 1940.
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Remembering the 1940 Armistice Day Storm: 3 freighters go down in Lake Michigan, 150 dead
The storm sank three freighters near Ludington, and killed as many as 50 duck hunters, who either drowned or froze to death ...
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Traffic is stop-and-go on state Route 16 after collision just across Narrows Bridge
Traffic was stop-and-go for over 8 miles up to and across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Thursday evening after a collision near ...
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On this date: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
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 world’s third-longest suspension ...
Who will be the next Superintendent of Public Instruction? Here’s what early results show
Julia Park is the Gig Harbor reporter at The News Tribune and writes stories about Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula, Fox Island and ...
Nets on the Narrows? What it would take to put suicide prevention nets on the bridges
Since signs with messages of hope and phone numbers to call for help were tacked onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 2021, Jud ...
WSDOT: Eastbound SR 16 lane closure for construction, toll booth plaza detour
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — Starting at 10 p.m. Monday, all eastbound lanes of State Route 16 will be closed near the Tacoma Narrows ...
The conflict over a beloved Pierce County golf course is headed for eminent domain
Gig Harbor resident Mark Pinto, 68, plays at Madrona Links once a week with about five or six others from the Gig Harbor New ...
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Crews repair power lines after outages impacted thousands in Western Washington
Crews with Snohomish PUD and Puget Sound Energy have been working to restore power all over Western Washington after bad ...
50 years ago in Expo history: Visions grew for a new downtown Riverfront Park, but fears mounted that ‘unsavory persons’ would ruin it
He miscalculated and landed on his head, damaging his spinal cord. At Sacred Heart Hospital, he laughed and said he would be ...