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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington. The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 (known as Primary State Highway 14 until 1964) over the strait. Historically, the name "Tacoma Narrows Bridge ...
The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first bridge at this location, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. It opened to traffic on July 1, 1940, and dramatically collapsed into Puget Sound on November 7 of the same year. [1]
Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_destruction.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 2 min 30 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 1.07 Mbps overall) Description Tacoma Narrows Bridge destruction.ogv. English: Footage of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge wobbling and eventually, collapsing, 7 November, 1940, filmed by Barney Elliot. https://archive.org ...
Wind caused 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. ... collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state. There, a three-member panel of top-ranking engineers assembled by the Federal Works ...
The bridge was completed in 1969 as a replacement for the collapsed Silver Bridge, although it is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) downstream (south) of the original. [23] The bridge carries US 35 across the river and serves as a major crossing for people and goods traveling between Charleston, West Virginia , and Southern and Central Ohio .
The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American supernatural horror - mystery film directed by Mark Pellington, and starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel, the screenplay was written by Richard Hatem. The story follows John Klein (Gere), a reporter who ...
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