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The MSNBC Bridge Tracker is a nifty interactive mapping tool that allows you to input an origin and destination, then see all the bridges along your chosen route, along with their engineering inspection reports. While some states have more elaborate data available than others, the system contains information on more than 100,000 spans in the United States.

Like I mentioned earlier, today I drove across the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge for the first time. The new bridge included improvements to the highway that connects the bridge to I-5, vastly improving one of the Northwest's worst traffic bottlenecks.

I've had me a day. And it's not even 2pm yet. This morning I did not get my early wake-up call from The Poodles yapping when the newspaper arrives. They were being too contented to bother, because my little sister convinced my mom that The Poodles got sad when left alone in their own room at night.

Not so long ago a historically rich icon served as gateway to Gig Harbor and the West Puget Sound. It graced the cover of countless publications and while it may not have been as famous as its Golden Gate cousin, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was certainly a local celebrity.

GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- A state panel has approved a $1 increase in tolls on the Tacoma Narrows bridge for most cars and trucks. Under the plan approved Tuesday night by the Washington Transportation Commission, the standard fare will...

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I didn’t know that there was a color video of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. I’ve seen the other black and white newsreels of the bridge’s collapse, but for some reason, seeing it in color is just more satisfying.