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The Brooksville Journal
Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida
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By 1948, a new Tacoma Narrows Bridge over Puget Sound will replace the 1940 structure destroyed by wind, featuring a pioneering wind-tunnel tested design with shock absorbers and air slots to withstand stronger winds, per Collier's.
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After Wind Tunnel Tests
By 1948, a new Tacoma Narrows
Bridge will be built over Puget
Sound, replacing the one that, four
months after its completion in
1940, was destroyed by wind, says
Collier's. The new span, the first to
have its design based on wind-tunnel
tests of a model, will have shock
absorbers at numerous points.
It will also have air slots in the
floor which will enable it to withstand
a wind nearly three times as strong as
that which caused the former structure
to crash.
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Primary Location
Tacoma Narrows, Puget Sound
Event Date
By 1948
Outcome
original bridge destroyed by wind four months after completion in 1940; new bridge designed to withstand winds nearly three times stronger
Event Details
A new Tacoma Narrows Bridge will be built over Puget Sound by 1948, replacing the one destroyed in 1940. The design, the first based on wind-tunnel tests of a model, includes shock absorbers at numerous points and air slots in the floor.