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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is a pair of twin suspension bridges that span the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound in Pierce County, Washington.The bridges connect the city of Tacoma with the Kitsap Peninsula and carry State Route 16 (known as Primary State Highway 14 until 1964) over the strait.
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.
Opened in 2013, it is the widest bridge in the world (78.74 m [258.3 ft]), the most expensive bridge and the largest self-anchored suspension bridge ever constructed. [96] [97] Tacoma Narrows Bridges (Washington, United States). Opened in 1950 and 2007, the pair of bridges with the longest spans in the world (853 m [2,799 ft]).
Here’s some good news from WSDOT about lane closures on westbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Alexis Krell. May 16, 2024 at 2:10 PM. Brian Hayes/bhayes@thenewstribune.com. The bridge lanes are open.
Alan Thomas thought about Hawaii as he sat in traffic during the recent emergency repairs on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Crews on Kauai switch the direction of one of the lanes during rush hour on ...
Westbound state Route 16 traffic is backed up from Tacoma, across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and into Gig Harbor on Friday evening. ... The backup extends about 1 mile into the Tacoma side of the ...
Tacoma Narrows Bridge West bridge: 853 m (2,800 ft) 1,646 m (5,400 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons 3 lanes 427+853+366: Washington State Route 16
The Aurora bridge is 2,945 feet long, compared to the 5,979-foot westbound and 5,400-foot eastbound spans of the Narrows bridges. The Aurora bridge was deemed the second-deadliest bridge in the ...