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The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, which is of similar design to the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, was reinforced shortly after the collapse. Fourteen-foot-high (4.3 m) steel trusses were installed on both sides of the deck in 1943 to weigh down and stiffen the bridge in an effort to reduce oscillation.
Cause: Vibration—Sheep herd crossing bridge [20] Tacoma Narrows Bridge: 1940: Nov 7, 1940: Tacoma Narrows (Puget Sound) Cause: Wind/Design flaw—Aeroelastic fluttering (wind dynamics) leading to structural failure Detillion Bridge: Unknown: May 24, 1939: Spokane River: Cause: Collision—Tractor-trailer collision on deck [21] Allen Street Bridge
Wind caused 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. ... Breaking news reporter Sally Krutzig contributed. Coroner identifies three Boise-area men who died in hangar collapse at airport.
Partial bridge collapse [104] Acaraguá bridge collapse: Oberá, Misiones: Argentina: 12 April 2014: Concrete road bridge The total collapse of a road bridge over the Acaraguá river, when a passenger bus circulated, caused three dead and thirty wounded. 3 killed, 30 injured Total bridge collapse Cable Bridge Surat: Surat, Gujarat: India: 10 ...
A pedestrian was reported in the roadway on the bridge’s east end beginning at 3:54 p.m. today, causing the right lane to be blocked, according to a post on the WSDOT Tacoma X account.
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The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge was a suspension bridge in Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound. It dramatically collapsed on November 7, 1940. The proximate cause was moderate winds which produced aeroelastic flutter that was self-exciting and unbounded, opposite to damping.
Moisseiff called the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge, the first bridge that he designed as the leading engineer, the "most beautiful bridge in the world." However, he lost his strong reputation when this narrow span across the Puget Sound in Washington State collapsed in a windstorm four months after it opened in 1940.