Chambers Bay Video: Galloping Gertie Collapse

Over the next week you'll no doubt see many TV shots of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which crosses the Puget Sound and was completed in two parts (1950 and 2007). The replacement bridge is also depicted in Lee Wybranski's official U.S. Open poster.

I didn't know the story behind the 1940 collapse of the prior version after just five months of operation, but I'm pretty sure we won't get winds like this during the 2015 U.S. Open...