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 ...

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 ...

The twin engineering marvels that are the Tacoma Narrows bridges -- one built in 1950, the other due to open this summer -- are likely to inspire many questions and thoughts among those who drive ...

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 ...

Anyone who has an interest in disaster – and, really, who among us does not? – is familiar with the bridge that became known as “Galloping Gertie.” It was on Nov. 7, 1940, that the Tacoma Narrows ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gertie Rice was a woman who loved gambling and St. Patrick’s Day. She was best known as the Gertie behind the iconic South Sound restaurant, Galloping Gertie’s. While Gertie’s children usually ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There had been plenty of warning before November 7, 1940, so cameras were ready when Galloping Gertie, the four-month-old suspension bridge linking Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula, ...