Building the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Synopsis: The Puget Sound Region is famed for its floating bridges and infamous for Galloping Gertie’s collapse. Now itboasts the USA’s fifth-longest suspension bridge. What did it take to span a mile-wide, fjord-like channel and turn more than 47 million pounds of structural steel, enough cable wire to circle the world twice, and nearly 115,000 cubic yards of concrete into a striking and sturdy new landmark? Steven Hansen, Senior Vice President of Kiewit Corp joins Joe P. Mahoney, University of Washington Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to tell the engineering story, end to end, tower tops to Narrows’ bottom.
Series: Engineering Lectures 2007, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Civil Engineering & Building
Keywords: bridges; Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Suspension bridges

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