Galloping Gertie: Tacoma Narrows Bridge's Epic Collapse #shorts

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]It was catastrophic for Tacoma.

[00:00:02]The city lost its only road connection to Kitsap County and the Bremerton Navy Yard at the start of World War II.

[00:00:09]The economic cost was enormous and yet the collapse produced something lasting.

[00:00:14]It became one of the foundational case studies in the science of structural engineering.

[00:00:19]Every civil engineering student in the world still learns about Galloping Gertie.

[00:00:24]The footage of the collapse has been viewed millions of times.

[00:00:28]It fundamentally changed how suspension bridges are designed.