Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle, 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park....................More Wikipedia info
(B001 - Video Info) Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 film clip. 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940.
(B011 - Video Info) Where riding the bus around Seattle WA and this trip is going somewhere far from town. How about a long ride from Bellevue to The University of Washington and to Downtown Seattle. We even encountered a Huskys Football Game and some bridges opening wide. This is part 1 and more will be posted.
(B013 - Video Info) Sound Transit's LINK Light Rail in Tacoma, from Tacoma Dome to Theater District (the whole line). It uses the same car as the Portland Streetcar, Tacoma LINK runs in the street as well, but has dedicated transit ways instead of mixing with traffic.
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