Galloping Gertie

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Galloping Gertie was the nickname of the original 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, famous for its dramatic oscillations and catastrophic collapse due to aeroelastic instability.

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Galloping Gertie ⓘ

subject surface form: 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge