I was surfing "youtube" this morning and came across a video of the collapse of the first Narrows Bridge. It opened in July, 1940 and went down in November the same year. The 3rd bridge opened a year ago with much hoopla and those of us with Good To Go stickers on our windshields pay $2.75 to cross. I suppose that is a bargain, because when the 2nd bridge opened in the 50's it cost .50 cent a car and .10 cents for each passenger, coming and going.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P0Fi1VcbpAI Maybe you've seen this video, if not, enjoy. My mother drove across the bridge the morning of the collapse, and while in Tacoma it fell, making it necessary for her to drive the long way home through Olympia and Shelton.
2 comments:
Bridge builders learned from the first bridge that wind needs to blow through the bridge or it will blow it down.
$2.50 is a bargain compared to the price of gas to drive around!
Is the traffic better now?
Traffic is a breeze. I wasn't happy that they built another bridge because it was sure to bring more people to our side, but I can't blame them for wanting to live here.
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