It might seem odd to write a story about the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge in May. However, it’s actually a perfect time to explore a mystery surrounding the nickname of that infamous long-ago ...

The bridge, also commonly referred to as Galloping Gertie, had just opened to the public four months earlier and used to oscillate even as it was being built, according to HistoryLink.org.

The bridge, which was 5,935 feet long, opened for drivers on July 1, 1940. Locals quickly nicknamed it “Galloping Gertie” due to its motions. This photo shows the grand opening celebration of ...

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The bridge’s failure pulled out the rhetorical ... engineering,” but its enduring and endearing epithet was “Galloping Gertie.” Advertising Newspapers, accordingly, termed the stronger ...

The original Tacoma Narrows bridge, dubbed Galloping Gertie, was the world's third-longest suspension bridge when it was opened on July 1, 1940. It disintegrated in a windstorm about four months ...

It had, very briefly, been the world’s third-longest suspension bridge behind the Golden Gate and George Washington. Construction workers, who nicknamed the span “Galloping Gertie” for its ...

It had opened just 4 months prior as the world's largest suspension bridge, but it soon gained the nickname Galloping Gertie due to its swaying in the Puget Sound winds. Eventually, strong winds ...

the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is perhaps the most famous bridge collapse. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” due to its pronounced vertical oscillations in high winds, the bridge collapsed just four ...