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.
This article is about the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which collapsed in 1940. For the current westbound bridge completed in 1950, see Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1950) . For the current eastbound bridge completed in 2007, see Tacoma Narrows Bridge.early 10 years after the bridge collapsed, a new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in the same location, using the original bridge's tower pedestals and cable anchorages.