The New Tacoma Narrows Bridge: Opening Day!

July 15th 2007: Opening Day for the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Enormous turnout for this historic event.

A large crowd walking on a green bridge with vehicles on the lower roadway.
Crowd gathered at Narrows Bridge with WSDOT welcome banner on July 15, 2007, celebrating the opening of the new bridge.
Large crowd gathered at the New Narrows Bridge opening day event, with police presence and traffic cones visible.
A man and a child holding a ribbon labeled 'Cut the Ribbon' with a woman standing beside them at a ceremony.

And that’s all for our coverage of the construction of the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Hope you’ve enjoyed it and learned something from its history and amazing engineering.