Tacoma is famous for the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Sometimes gusts of wind can make poorly made bridges move or be destroyed, like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940.

In the case of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, this appears not to have been the cause of the catastrophic damage.

A new construction, the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, was built alongside the older one.

By late 1935, the only remaining gap in the road was the Sioux Narrows Bridge.

A second, direct crossing was then proposed based on designs used for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Commercial fishing, boat building, and logging dominated the economy until the construction of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940.

The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940.

In 1950, a new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in the same place.

Have you seen the film of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge that ripped itself apart vibrating in a wind?