} else { He said the driver of a Kia Niro briefly took her eyes off the road, and, when she looked back, cars in front of her were stopped. A number of papers [32] [33] [34 . Investigators shut down two blocks of North Pearl Street to look for and. Ultimately an investigative board for the Washington State Toll Bridge Authority announced the failure was due to the bridge's design reacting to the wind in the Narrows. The day before on July 15, 2007, 60,000 visitors joined WSDOT, elected officials and others to celebrate its completion. Historically, the name "Tacoma Narrows Bridge" has applied to the original bridge nicknamed "Galloping Gertie", which opened in July 1940, but collapsed possibly because of aeroelastic flutter four . } else { The previous three and a half years spent studying aerodynamics insured a bridge that would not mimic the first, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge has remained standing. } In one note, Cool said, Izabel told her father how much she loved him and that he wasnt to blame for her death. Articles J, //