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In 1980, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed in similar fashion to the one in Baltimore when it was hit by a 20-ton freighter that had struggled to navigate through fog. Thirty-five people died.
A Boise State civil engineering professor took pictures of the steel skeleton hours before it collapsed. He and other experts weigh in.
Eighty-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1940, Galloping Gertie collapsed and fell into the Tacoma Narrows.
The Lost Angle is the name of a documentary featuring home movie footage discovered at an estate sale.
Growing up, my grandparents lived in Port Orchard WA, and Gig Harbor WA. Both places to visit, coming from my hometown, Brewster WA, we would have to use the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.