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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...