Joe Scott - The Bridge That Fell After Only 4 Months, 04042022

Tacoma Narrows Bridge was a modern marvel when it was first built, but soon became one of the most infamous disasters ever filmed. Before the bridge was even finished, construction workers noted how it tended to sway violently in even moderate winds, and despite efforts to make it stop, on 7 November 1940 it plummeted into Puget Sound. Footage of the swaying bridge went on to make future bridges much safer. So this video looks at this event, what led to its demise, and what we learned from it