Bridge collapse off by 23 years

by Telegram - November 20, 2009 11:50pm

The “This Day in History” column in the Telegram & Gazette Nov. 7 had a real faux pas. It said that the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed on Nov. 7, 1917. It wasn’t built and opened until 23 years later on July 1, 1940, and collapsed the same year on Nov. 7.

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