Thesecamealsowith a requirementtohirearesomespecificengineers, includinglittlemousy.
IfLeonMassifwas a bridgeengineer, graduatingfromColumbiaUniversityin 18 95 theoriginaldesignwas a prettyconventionalsuspensionbridge.
Theoriginalbreachwasdesignedbystateengineer.
NeonwasbroughtinfromNewYorkCity, andhisproposalwas a muchmorestreamlinedbridge, whichnotonlylookedmoreelegantbutcostabouthalftheamountbecauseofthereducedamountofsteelbeingused.
I believemovementwasfeltduringtheconstructionofthebridgethatcausedconcernonvariousstrategieswereusedtotryandreducethismotion, butnoneofthemwereeffective.
Stiffwindsblowing a PugetSoundcausedittoswayandfinallytoweaveandtwistasyouseeheretheseamazingpicturestakenatriskoflife.
At 10 a.m. LeonardCoatsworthwasthelastpersontocrossbeforehighwayofficialsandstatepoliceclosedthebridge.
I sawtheNarrowsBridgedietoday, andonlybythegraceofGodescaped.
Dyingwithit.
I droveonthebridgeandstartedcrossinthecarWithmewasmydaughter's CarterSpangledTubby, a reporterdesertinhiscaronthebridgeandcrawlbacktosafetyasthegreatroadwaylike a pendulumofdoom, swayedandtwistedinitsdeathagony.
Justas I drovepastthetowers, thebridgebegantoswayviolentlyfromsidetosidebefore I realizedittiltbecamesoviolentthat I lostcontrolofthecar.
I jammedonthebrakesandgotout, onlytobethrownontomyfaceagainstthecurbaroundme.
I couldhearconcretecracking.
I startedbacktothecartogetthedogthatwasthrownBefore I getregent.
Heabandonedhiscarwith a doginside, theonlylikelostin a disaster.
Thebridgeisbreakingup, andmyonlyhopewastogetbacktoshoregiantcablesaroundustopenned a strain.