For some time now, I have wanted to take some time and find a vantage point for the Narrows Bridges to take some shots I had not seen before. These were taken from the Tacoma side of the bridge, along the railroad tracks. The bridges, or specifically the original bridge, has an interesting history as it collapsed in a wind storm (only 40 MPH or 64 km/h) shortly after construction. Before it's completion it had garnered the name Galloping Gerdie for it's motion in the wind during construction.
More on the bridges history from Wiki:
Tacoma Narrows Bridges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This link is to the new one. It contains a link to the old one. There are several youtube videos of the actual collapse
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I have not seen this view before
This is the one I really wanted to shoot
In the first photo above, you can see the train tracks. While I was shooting, a passenger train came by at what I'd guesstimate was 50 MPH. It scared me more than I thought it might...
More on the bridges history from Wiki:
Tacoma Narrows Bridges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This link is to the new one. It contains a link to the old one. There are several youtube videos of the actual collapse
I have not seen this view before
This is the one I really wanted to shoot
In the first photo above, you can see the train tracks. While I was shooting, a passenger train came by at what I'd guesstimate was 50 MPH. It scared me more than I thought it might...
Watch out for them trains. . . you don't want to get up close and personal with one.
