Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty-five years ago, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows. on Nov. 7, 1940, about 11 a.m., the previous ...

The westbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge heading from Tacoma to Gig Harbor will be down to two lanes Friday and Saturday for another round of emergency repairs, a Washington State Department of ...

Closures are from March 8 from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m.; March 9, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.; and March 10-17 from 9 p.m. until 5 a ...

French was vacationing in Idaho when he got word of the bridge’s collapse. On Dec. 2, 1940, French was arrested for grand ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington opened in 1940 as one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Its sleek design used minimal structural material to reduce costs, but that also made the ...

TACOMA -- A five-year wait is over as the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened to traffic Monday morning. At 4:01 a.m., the first customer with the automated "Good To Go!" toll pass paid $1.75 to cross ...

Drivers heading across the westbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge toward Gig Harbor are stuck in some slow-moving traffic Friday afternoon. Traffic also appears to be spilling into other local streets ...

Two right lanes of the eastbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Gig Harbor to Tacoma will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, May 9 to 4 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2025, according to the Washington State Department ...