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The Washington State Department of Transportation map shows traffic cleared on the bridge as of ... Westbound state Route 16 traffic is backed up from Tacoma, across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and ...
The delays began at 6:46 p.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.
“We’ve reopened all lanes across the westbound SR 16 Tacoma Narrows Bridge,” WSDOT posted on social media Thursday morning. “The lane closures were in place to allow for emergency repairs ...
The collapse of the original bridge. The first Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. Its main span collapsed into the Tacoma Narrows four months later on November 7, 1940, at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific time) possibly as a result of aeroelastic flutter caused by a 42 mph (68 km/h) wind. The bridge collapse had lasting effects on ...
Suspension cables of the 1950 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, 1993. The 1950 Tacoma Narrows Bridge undergoes a rigorous maintenance schedule that is a year-long effort. Maintenance crews often perform replacement of steel parts, and inspect the steel cables and towers at night or at low traffic hours. Painting the bridge is also a drawn-out task.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, with a main span of 2,800 feet (850 m), was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world at that time, following the George Washington Bridge between New Jersey and New York City, and the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Marin County to its north.
“Switching directions of travel across the state Route 16 Tacoma Narrows Bridge requires miles of traffic control including barrels, cones and signs on both the Tacoma and Gig Harbor sides of ...
A multiple vehicle crash on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge has caused state Route 16 westbound traffic to slow significantly. The wreck occurred just before 4 p.m. Monday, according to Tacoma Fire ...