The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was considered modern, efficient, and perfectly safe. But almost from the day it opened, the structure began behaving in ways engineers couldn’t explain. As wind conditions ...
Broadway fans, philanthropists and artists alike will step out from the theaters and onto the paths of New York City’s Governors Island on Saturday, March 28, 2026, for the NYCRUNS Spring Fling 5K ...
When the two-lane Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940, it was hailed as a “triumph of structural engineering.” Locals quickly gave it another name—Galloping Gertie—after noticing how the ...
The winds were blowing at 40 mph (64 km/h) across the Tacoma Narrows strait when "Galloping Gertie" began to bounce. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which connected Tacoma, Washington, with the Kitsap ...
On Nov. 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed into the strait of Puget Sound. The jaw-dropping moment was captured in stunning detail on black and white video. See it for yourself and learn why ...
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...
A daredevil BASE jumped off the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and parachuted into a Brooklyn park — where he was quickly arrested for the stunt, police said Monday. Numerous 911 callers said the suspect ...
A Brooklyn daredevil parachuted off the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and into a nearby park Sunday evening, right as the span reopened to traffic after it was closed for the New York City Marathon, ...
Clear blue skies and temperatures with a high of 59 degrees provided the perfect conditions for the more than 55,000 runners participating in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. The iconic race, ...
The 2025 TCS New York City Marathon took over the five boroughs Sunday, with extensive road and bridge closures. Drivers should expect heavy traffic throughout the day, and race organizers recommend ...
On Nov. 7, 1940 — 85 years ago Friday — the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted and danced in a 40 mph windstorm and then collapsed. The failure of a bridge only four months old was a spectacular lesson for ...
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