The New Tacoma Narrows Bridge

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The New and Old Tacoma Narrows Bridge

After five years and over $700 million dollars the new Tacoma Narrows bridge opens to traffic today. It is the longest bridge constructed in the US since the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, a bridge close to us as my grandfather was the first person to cross as a Captain in the FDNY. We only hope it is more successful than the first attempt in 1940 shown in the video below:

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John Konrad

Captain John Konrad is co-founder of Unofficial Networks, Editor In Chief of gCaptain, and author of the book Fire On The Horizon. He is a USCG licensed Master of Unlimited Tonnage and, since graduating from SUNY Maritime College, has sailed a variety of ships from ports around the world.

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