Bridge collapse

It’s scary … this bridge collapsed four months after it was built.

Newsreel footage from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collpase. She was already known to move up in down in the wind, but in 1940, she began to oscillate due to resonance and would eventually collapse

Video Rating: 4 / 5

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50 Responses to “Bridge collapse”
  1. Joemamma69000 says:

    Wobbly wobbly wobbly
    *Bridge Breaks*
    Well, it was fun well it la-
    *Splash*

  2. cpdude1234 says:

    All i have to say is run like hell.

  3. adamforest says:

    @bronz3321

    For the record, another bridge was built in the exact same spot only a couple years later and it’s still there. And just last year a 2nd bridge was built right beside it. Just sayin’.

  4. ihatetobeboredcv says:

    @bronz3321 hahaha dont you mean epic fall?? XD lol i just had to let that out.. i know im a noob(:

  5. 1stresponder1 says:

    i would shit myself if that ever happened to me!!

  6. Pyanapple says:

    This is looks so stupid its actually quite cool

  7. Karelwbs says:

    they designed the length of the bridge in such a way that its natural resonance frequency matched the wind blowing over the bridge. this caused the bridge to shake heavily and eventually fail

  8. Karelwbs says:

    they designed the length of the bridge in such a way that its natural resonance frequency matched the wind blowing over the wind. this caused the bridge to shake heavily and eventually fail

  9. ilovefall08 says:

    it’s so creepy and surreal looking….
    this is why i have a great phobia of bridges..

  10. hlaltimus says:

    I heard once that this bridge did not have enough weight to give it stability. Older, heavy duty standards had been set aside to try something new.

  11. MadmanJoE100 says:

    @AbsolutelyCrackers Jesus, never go on a plane then m8 😛

  12. MadmanJoE100 says:

    @AbsolutelyCrackers Jesu, never go on a plane then m8 😛

  13. AbsolutelyCrackers says:

    I don’t like suspension bridges, there’s always an air of danger about them, the way they hang in the air like that :/

  14. LiQuiD524 says:

    @LKJHGFDSA2222 yeah its called resonance..

  15. LKJHGFDSA2222 says:

    @bronz3321 you are wrong this is a natural phenomenon

  16. MultiKimimaro says:

    The Tacoma Narrows Bridge!!!!

  17. believe3 says:

    I saw this on the History channel.. Shitty, man. Shitty..

  18. Bluburry100 says:

    @Shitcakes26
    There is a bridge in Russia doing this exact same thing. People want it shut down but the government hasn’t bothered. People figure its just a matter of time before that one goes down too.

  19. andipoetic says:

    Looks like something out of a nightmare

  20. watermelonorange says:

    that would have been fun until it collapsed. poor dog in the car though

  21. exposed118 says:

    Well…it must of fallen because there is sand and you know sand isn’t good and when something is built under sand it moves not because iron or bad engineering also earthquake with sand 😛 narbs

  22. S04DENIZS04 says:

    wie geht sowas ?

  23. SirRosco says:

    looks like a rubber bridge 😀

  24. SirRosco says:

    looks like a rubber bridge 😀

  25. crisbianfloyde says:

    @bronz3321 Actually it was harmonics that caused this. No engineer had ever considered before this event that harmonics would ever be such a destructive force. Now all suspension bridges have a curvature as part of the structure to stop this happening again.

  26. invertedcat says:

    @GSNspain Surprise! Aeroelastic flutter is a form of resonance. So yes, it was actually caused by the natural resonance of the bridge.

  27. mrscabdriver says:

    This video has ben broadcasterd so many times now, It should be Ok, to remove this from Youtube.com in my opinion.

  28. bizse87 says:

    Black Video?!

  29. carcrusher1 says:

    wheres the video? its just sound

  30. 510and209 says:

    To all the douchebags that keep bashing this video for no image, fix your fucking computer, I can perfectly see this on my iPod and on my computer.

  31. GSNspain says:

    @henrilot U r wrong, the reason of the collapse is not resonance. Actually it was an aerodynamically poor design (aeroelastic flutter).

  32. ThePoliceman009 says:

    Why isn’t there any picture?

  33. kylethemachine says:

    “Go to your address bar, after the word YOU and before the word TUBE, type in “win” then press enter

  34. Sasha17272 says:

    <<<===== dont click

  35. AutomaterMastermind says:

    I wish I could see what he’s talking about.

  36. MsSillyAlma says:

    CAN’T SEE ANYTHING! UGH! 😛

  37. MrIzzydye says:

    No Tube!

  38. Seattlecarnut says:

    You can hear the news, but for some reason, can’t see what’s happening.

  39. Szederp says:

    Fuck you, remove the video you idiot. There is no image!

  40. 66Metallicaman66 says:

    40 mph winds destroy a famous bridge. Way to go, America!
    😛

  41. Xcorgi says:

    Why is there NO video?

  42. gamefreak0931 says:

    It’s weird that the cement looked like rubber when the bridge was swaying.

  43. eloyfc says:

    se nota que es un video nocturno

  44. rendton says:

    Was this video shot at night cos I can’t see anything.

  45. Moseslawgiver says:

    WHERE IS THE IMAGE?

  46. msvalerie100 says:

    Ayee that’s my city.

  47. checkthemoment says:

    OMG O_o

  48. julisssabrina says:

    Ohmyfockinggooosch

  49. MEspinosaT says:

    Muy ilustrativo del fenómeno de resonancia. Me llama mucho la atención que alguien lo haya podid filmar.

  50. paintbalr says:

    i almost cryed when my teacher showed me this not even joking cuz theres that puuppy and imagine him just yelping in there and his owner leaves him :'(

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