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This is from 2007, which is apparently the year they opened Sturdy Gertie's new twin bridge. Sturdy Gertie replaced Galloping, after Galloping galloped into the
by blakesterz 7y ago
This is from 2007, which is apparently the year they opened Sturdy Gertie's new twin bridge. Sturdy Gertie replaced Galloping, after Galloping galloped into the water.
- hadlock 7y agoI lived a mile from this bridge pretty much my whole life, I've never heard it called Sturdy Gertie, it's always just been "the narrows bridge", not "the narrows", "the narrows bridge". Fun facts, the wreckage of the original bridge is in a couple hundred feet of water, and a bunch of red-orange pacific giant octopuses live in the wreckage as if they were a network of caves. I think I read somewhere that the concrete pedestals that the towers sit upon, are nearly 200' tall. The part you can see above the water is about as tall as the part below it.
- Gaelan 7y agoAbout three miles from the bridge here, never heard anything other than “narrows bridge” (or just “the bridge”) either. Crazy seeing something so close to home on HN!