What was that old bridge that shook itself apart?
“Galloping Gertie” was a bridge on WA 16 across the Tacoma Narrows in Tacoma which, due to its poor design, allowed the crosswinds to twist it apart. For more information see http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/TNBhistory/ and http://www.phenry.org/wsh/sr16.html. Nov 1, 2002 12.8 Q: What is a suicide lane? A: Throughout time, there have been various definitions: 1. A (two-way) center left-turn lane 2. In the early 20th Century, a center lane of three in rural areas which traffic going in either direction could use to pass (these were mostly obsolete by the 1960s, though they could be found in MA into the 1970s) 3. The inner lane of two in a single direction on a three-lane road where the opposite single-lane direction is permitted to use it to pass. Lane markings, from left to right and the single lane carrying oncoming traffic, would be white solid line, [lane], part-dashed-part-solid yellow line with the dashes on the left, [suicide lane], white dashed line, [lane], white solid line. 4. A revers
