Suspension Bridges Crossing Puget Sound
This is a list of all 3 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Puget Sound. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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1940: Tacoma Narrows
Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA - Puget Sound
| Bridgemeister ID: | 198 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1940 |
| Name: | Tacoma Narrows |
| Also Known As: | Galloping Gertie |
| Location: | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA |
| Crossing: | Puget Sound |
| Coordinates: | 47.267015 N 122.548462 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Leon Moisseiff |
| References: | AAJ, BAR, BBR, BFL, BMA, BPL, COB, CTT, GBD, IT1999F, SPW |
| Use: | Vehicular (two-lane, heavy vehicles), with walkway |
| Status: | Collapsed, 1940 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 853.4 meters (2,800 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 2 x 335.3 meters (1,100 feet) |
| Deck width: | 39 feet |
Notes:
- Famously destroyed by wind, November 7, 1940.
- Replaced by 1950 Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
- See 1944 Liard River - Liard River Hot Springs vicinity, British Columbia, Canada. According to CTT, "Two sections from the Tacoma bridge's east approach were [re]used in the Liard span."
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1950: Tacoma Narrows
Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA - Puget Sound
| Bridgemeister ID: | 206 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1950 |
| Name: | Tacoma Narrows |
| Also Known As: | Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows |
| Location: | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA |
| Crossing: | Puget Sound |
| Coordinates: | 47.270540 N 122.552895 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Dexter R. Smith |
| References: | BBR, BC3, BCO, BFL, COB, CTT, SPW |
| Use: | Vehicular (major highway), with walkway |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2022) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 853.4 meters (2,800 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 2 x 335.3 meters (1,100 feet) |
| Deck width: | 46f 8in |
Notes:
- Retrofit scheduled for completion, spring 2008.
- Replaced 1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
- Next to 2007 Third Tacoma Narrows - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
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2007: Third Tacoma Narrows
Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA - Puget Sound
| Bridgemeister ID: | 1952 (added 2005-11-04) |
| Year Completed: | 2007 |
| Name: | Third Tacoma Narrows |
| Location: | Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA |
| Crossing: | Puget Sound |
| Coordinates: | 47.26803 N 122.55121 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| References: | CTT |
| Use: | Vehicular (major highway) |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2020) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 853.4 meters (2,800 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 1 x 365.8 meters (1,200 feet), 1 x 426.7 meters (1,400 feet) |
| Deck width: | 78 feet |
Notes:
- At former location of 1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
- Next to 1950 Tacoma Narrows (Sturdy Gertie, Second Tacoma Narrows) - Tacoma and Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.
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