[ad_1] Volcán Barú in Panama offers a view of both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica also offers a similar view. Allen, South Dakota is the most landlocked spot in the Western Hemisphere. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans are separated by thousands of miles of land across much of […]
[ad_1] The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state, consisting of two suspension bridges, collapsed in 1940 due to a wind-induced harmonic swing. A new, safer bridge was built in 1950, and a sister bridge was added in 2007 to accommodate increasing traffic flow. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge consists of two suspension bridges at the narrowest […]
[ad_1] The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed in 1940 due to a combination of design flaws, aerodynamics, and self-excitation. The collapse revolutionized bridge-building, and a new, safer bridge was built in 1950. On November 7, 1940, the big news of the day was the total failure and collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge […]
