As components of an automobile chassis, struts can be passive braces to reinforce the chassis and/or body, or active components of the suspension.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.It spanned the Puget Sound from Gig Harbor to Tacoma, which is 40 miles south of Seattle.The channel is about a mile wide where the bridge crossed the sound.he Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940. Fortunately, only a dog was killed. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940.
Project name: Tacoma Narrows. Project type: Suspension bridge. Date: 1940 (filed under historical failures) Cost : $6.4M in 1940 â $105M adjusted to 2012 costs. Synopsis: If you are putting together a list of failed projects from the history books it would be hard to ignore the Tacoma Narrows bridge. At the time of its opening in summer 1940 it was the worldâs third longest suspension bridge.