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Narrows bridge lane ready for bikes, feet

Published November 14th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Finally, some good news for walkers and bikers itching to cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge: Your specially designated lane opens Saturday. Read more...

In time, they’ll cross that bridge

Published October 22nd, 2007 - 1:00AM

Tom Hackleman and his cycling buddies are as excited as anyone for the bike lane on the new Narrows bridge to open. The 54-year-old Tacoma stockbroker is part of a team of pedalers known as Old Town Bicycle Racing. Its members train and live on both sides of the Narrows. Read more...

Crossings stay brisk despite bridge toll

Published October 19th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Tolls appear to have discouraged some drivers from crossing the new Tacoma Narrows bridge at first, but not anymore. Read more...

Narrows tow trucks will go

Published October 2nd, 2007 - 1:00AM

A $59-an-hour tow truck no longer will be stationed near the Tacoma Narrows bridges to deal with traffic mishaps on the bridges and Highway 16. Read more...

Drivers say new bridge saves them time, stress, even money

Published September 30th, 2007 - 1:00AM

“Godsend.” “The new bridge rocks!” “Worth every penny.” “Greatest thing since sliced bread!” “Hooray! Hooray!” Read more...

Chemical reaction sends workers back to bridge

Published September 30th, 2007 - 1:00AM

If you’ve noticed workers shimmying along suspension cables on the new Tacoma Narrows bridge recently, it’s because they’re looking for paint bubbles, said bridge project director Jeff Carpenter. Read more...

Skipping tolls gets tougher

Published September 27th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Cameras are now catching 90 percent of the drivers who cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge without paying the toll, comfortably above the threshold the state expects from its private toll-collection contractor. Read more...

Wins, losses on toll tickets

Published September 15th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The old were there. The young, too. So were the highly prepared and the badly, badly misinformed. Some were contrite. A few were angry. Read more...

TACOMA NARROWS: Wrongly ticketed bridge drivers to get dismissal notices in mail

Published September 8th, 2007 - 1:00AM

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Toll cameras let many off

Published September 7th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Four of every 10 drivers who cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge without paying the toll aren’t getting caught because pictures of their license plates – the main evidence against them – are too blurry to read. Read more...

New bridge a noisy neighbor

Published August 22nd, 2007 - 1:00AM

Marilyn Bielstein thought the noise would stop when the second Narrows bridge opened last month. Read more...

Bridge tolls going even further

Published August 1st, 2007 - 1:00AM

Commuters on the new Tacoma Narrows bridge are buying a new car for the Washington State Patrol and paying for two troopers to enforce traffic laws on the twin bridges and Highway 16. Read more...

Look out for traffic delays

Published July 28th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Midsummer weekend road trippers take note: State and county road crews aren’t taking the weekend off and, if you don’t research your route, you might hit traffic on Interstate 5, the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge and on a busy route in East Pierce County. Read more...

Toll fines will start early Sunday

Published July 21st, 2007 - 1:00AM

The Washington State Patrol announced Friday that it will not extend beyond Sunday the one-week grace period it has given drivers who cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge without paying the toll. Read more...

What toll? Bridge fines won’t start until Sunday

Published July 19th, 2007 - 1:00AM

More than 2,000 drivers crossed the new Narrows bridge on its first full day Monday without paying a toll, but that’s only half as many as state officials expected. Read more...

New plan calls for four lanes on old span

Published July 19th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The old Tacoma Narrows Bridge will keep all four of its lanes, instead of being converted to the three-lane structure that was called for in the original plan for the twin-bridge project. Read more...

First-day kinks? Nope

Published July 17th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Whew. Commuters sailed effortlessly through the toll plaza and across the new Tacoma Narrows bridge Monday morning, much to the surprise of just about everyone. Read more...

Lane for bikers, walkers needs a bit more work

Published July 17th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Bikers and pedestrians will be able to use the new Tacoma Narrows bridge, but not right away. Read more...

‘I was almost an hour early for work’

Published July 17th, 2007 - 1:00AM

We asked members of The News Tribune’s News Network how their commute went. Here are some of their comments: Read more...

It's open: Sneakers, paws, stroller wheels create first traffic jam

Published July 16th, 2007 - 1:00AM

They came and came and just kept coming. More than 50,000 people streamed onto the new Tacoma Narrows bridge Sunday, pushing baby strollers, snapping pictures and gazing up in awe at the massive cables and concrete towers.
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Overheard at Sunday’s ceremonies

Published July 16th, 2007 - 1:00AM

“We had no real problems. We had a lot of tired people, a lot of sweaty, tired, happy people.” Read more...

At last, it’s good to go

Published July 15th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Bring on the crowds. Read more...

First to cross? Nah, just go with the flow

Published July 15th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Want to be the first person to drive across the new Tacoma Narrows bridge? Read more...

Time gets close for bridge opening

Published July 14th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Friday’s mad rush to obtain transponders for the new Tacoma Narrows bridge included some disappointed owners of motorcycles and certain luxury cars, Read more...

Bridge renews happy – even holy – memories

Published July 12th, 2007 - 1:00AM

If you’re fretting about the cost of crossing the new Tacoma Narrows bridge starting Monday, take heart that at least you don’t have to pay extra for passengers. Read more...

TACOMA NARROWS: Watch for lane closures as workers near completion of new bridge

Published July 7th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Tacoma Narrows Constructors plans a flurry of last-minute road work in preparation for the July 15 opening of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge. Read more...

A RECKONING FOR BRIDGE USERS

Bridge toll will change lives

Published July 6th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Bernie Qualheim of Gig Harbor plans to cut back his weekly volunteer time at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Read more...

Tolls could flood court

Published July 5th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The opening of the new Narrows bridge is expected to ease traffic congestion between Gig Harbor and Tacoma. Read more...

Or maybe you’re not good to go

Published July 2nd, 2007 - 1:00AM

I put the Tacoma Narrows bridge toll transponder on my windshields wrong, and had to get replacements for two cars. So I was feeling pretty stupid. Read more...

Bridge party budget sliced

Published June 28th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Good parties don’t come cheap, and the opening-day celebration for the new Tacoma Narrows bridge is no exception. Read more...

Bridge update: June 24, 2007

Published June 24th, 2007 - 5:47AM

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Good To Go? Well, not quite

Published June 20th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Nearly 64,000 transponders have been issued to vehicles that are likely to cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge, but most of those toll-paying decals seem to be stuck in limbo instead of stuck on vehicle windshields. Read more...

Narrows bridge tolls - Quick fee, long record

Published June 18th, 2007 - 1:00AM

It will take only half a second to register, but will leave a record that could be available for nearly a decade to track the movement of millions of drivers crossing the new Tacoma Narrows bridge. Read more...

Another T-town builds a bridge

Published June 10th, 2007 - 1:00AM

TOLEDO, Ohio – At precisely 10 p.m., the center pylon of Toledo’s new bridge lights up and fireworks erupt around it, sending sprays of fire into the night sky. Read more...

Bridge confetti will fall in the People’s Republic of Toledo

Published June 10th, 2007 - 1:00AM

TOLEDO, Ohio – Nobody ever said democracy was easy. Read more...

Deaths of four ironworkers, one carpenter prove the dangers

Published June 10th, 2007 - 1:00AM

TOLEDO, Ohio – During the first year of work on Toledo’s new Veterans’ Glass City Skyway bridge, Fru-Con Construction, a Missouri-based contractor, figured out a way to be more efficient by rerouting traffic through the construction zone. Read more...

Driving on new bridge costs $3, no freebies

Published June 6th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The toll on the new Tacoma Narrows bridge will be $3 for passenger cars and trucks – $1.75 for automated toll payers – and, yes, cops will have to pay, too. Read more...

Cue choirs! New bridge set to open July 15

Published May 31st, 2007 - 1:00AM

The opening celebration for the new Tacoma Narrows bridge will take place July 15, the state Department of Transportation announced Wednesday, and the bridge – along with its tollbooths – will open to traffic later that night or early the next morning. Read more...

LOW-KEY UP HIGH

New bridge dedication will be fairly quiet, compared with 1940 and ’50

Published May 24th, 2007 - 1:00AM

If you’re hoping for fireworks, parades and 50-gun salutes when the new Tacoma Narrows bridge opens in July, you’re going to be disappointed. Compared to the raucous bashes thrown for the two previous Narrows bridges, in 1940 and 1950, this one is shaping up as a modest, no-frills affair. Read more...

If 60,001 people show up …

Published May 24th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Is it possible that so many people could pile onto the new Tacoma Narrows bridge on opening day that they would make the bridge fall down? Read more...

1940 celebration was a four-day marvel

Published May 24th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The celebrations for the two previous Tacoma Narrows bridges were extravaganzas, celebrated with parades, fireworks and flowery speeches. Read more...

Thousands getting Good To Go

Published May 8th, 2007 - 1:00AM

By the end of business today, more than 10,000 households and businesses will have signed up for transponders to pay tolls on the Tacoma Narrows bridge. Read more...

Commission advises few bridge toll exemptions

Published May 1st, 2007 - 1:00AM

Passenger cars and trucks should pay a $3 toll to cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge when it opens in July, and so should police cars, firetrucks and ambulances that are making routine crossings. Read more...

Cheaper, easier tolls lure crowds to decal sign-up

Published April 26th, 2007 - 1:00AM

Cindy Argo of Port Orchard was first in line Wednesday to get a decal transponder that will let her cross the new Tacoma Narrows bridge when it opens in July without having to stop to pay a toll. Read more...

New bridge’s second expansion joint arrives

Published April 26th, 2007 - 1:00AM

The second expansion joint for the new Narrows bridge arrived early Wednesday on the bridge’s Tacoma side. Read more...

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