 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Magadzirirwo eBhiriji reTacoma Narrows ra1950 akagadzirwa nguva pfupi pashure pokuparara kwa1940yomutangiri wayo. Muna July 1941, Washington Toll Bridge Authority yakasarudza Charles E. Andrew uyo akanga abatanidzwa mukugadzirwa kwaGertie nokuvakwa somupi wezano sainjiniya mukuru uye sachigaro webhodhi rinopa mazano rinotarisira kugadzira nzvimbo itsva inopfuura neNarrows. Mitezo yebhodhi idzva rokugadzira yaibatanidza Dr. Theodore von Kármán, Glenn Woodruff, uye kambani yeSverdrup neParcel yeChicago, Illinois. Kutungamirira chikwata chokugadzira, Andrew akasarudza Dexter R. Smith somugadziri mukuru nomugadziri mukuru. Pakuvamba saOctober 1941, isingasviki gore rimwe pashure pokuparara kwaGertie, WTBA yakanga yagamuchira gadziriro yakashata yezera idzva. Magadzirirwo matsva acho akanga akafanana chaizvo neakatanga kugadzirwa muna 1940 naClark Eldridge. Mutengo wokuvaka pamusoro pomugadziriro mutsva wakanga uchifungidzirwa panguva iyeyo kuva 7 miriyoni US mumashoko anhasi. 