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The Wind Didn’t Break the Bridge… The Design Did

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was meant to be a modern engineering masterpiece — sleek, lightweight, and affordable. But only months after opening in 1940, it earned a terrifying nickname: “Galloping Gertie.” With steady winds, the bridge began to move… twist… and eventually collapse in one of the most famous engineering failures in history. In this IngeniLore engineering story, we break down: What caused the bridge to oscillate The hidden design weakness engineers underestimated How wind can feed energy into a structure (aeroelastic flutter) The lessons that permanently changed bridge design If you enjoy engineering documentaries, structural failures, and real-world physics explained clearly — subscribe for more engineering stories every week.