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How Safe Is Safe Enough? To Engineers, It Depends

In November 1940, just months after its completion, a large section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge crashed into Puget Sound in Tacoma,  Wash. The bridge collapsed under high winds — a failure that shocked engineers at the time. (AP)
In November 1940, just months after its completion, a large section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge crashed into Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. The bridge collapsed under high winds — a failure that shocked engineers at the time. (AP)

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