Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse “Gallopin’ Gertie”
Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 film clip. 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940. The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from salvagers. A dramatic tale of failure and success The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.
January 28th, 2012 - 21:51
@GonzoNugent I love this music! I feel like I’m watching X files!
January 28th, 2012 - 21:54
The music EFFING SUCKS.
January 28th, 2012 - 22:47
wait so we have color footage of a retarded bridge and but all the footage of the nazis and WW2 are in black and white?
January 28th, 2012 - 23:22
that is sad
January 29th, 2012 - 00:03
@MrWellminded i mean November 7th no the 1940 part My real birthday is November 7th 1999
January 29th, 2012 - 00:28
@GonzoNugent Why don’t you change it?What’s wrong with you?
January 29th, 2012 - 01:28
Nice bit of physics going on there
January 29th, 2012 - 02:13
Resonance ?
No !
Aeroelastic flutter,
hell yea !
January 29th, 2012 - 02:19
wow..it almost looks fake just because it’s moving soo much. mind just cant believe it. I hope bridges are built 10 times more secure for when gale force winds happen. legit makes me not want to be on a bridge like this haha
January 29th, 2012 - 03:19
@AFCYBER There is no “THEY” it’s just me and i’m not changing it.
January 29th, 2012 - 03:44
Oh hey Final destination 5.
January 29th, 2012 - 04:16
This is so f**king creepy. The music only makes it more.
January 29th, 2012 - 05:01
Great footage, but they need to change the background music.
January 29th, 2012 - 05:21
@DarkLBear your old as hell no offense. lol
January 29th, 2012 - 05:46
Foundations of Security book brought me here
January 29th, 2012 - 06:21
The music just makes this video so much worse
January 29th, 2012 - 07:09
THAT’S SO CREEPY IT COLLAPSED ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!
January 29th, 2012 - 08:06
It’s the “resonance”.
January 29th, 2012 - 08:29
Physics brought me to see this video.
January 29th, 2012 - 09:19
@IronChicken78 i live in seattle cross the new bridge several times its no fake
January 29th, 2012 - 09:25
THATS CREEPYY its like concrete jello D:
January 29th, 2012 - 10:21
Hey, its not fake, i live there. My grandparents told me about this…
January 29th, 2012 - 10:28
@Sebaztien1 not sure. I think the toll is one way only. they just put up a second bridge a couple years ago so now there are two. i think it is 3 or 4 dollars. you can take the bridge if you don’t want to take the ferry to the peninsula.] and drive around. now you would have to go to Olympia if you want to drive.
January 29th, 2012 - 10:32
It’s a living…