Tacoma Narrows

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Map of the Tacoma Narrows

The Tacoma Narrows as viewed from Tacoma, facing northwest towards the Kitsap Peninsula. The towers for the new (third) 2007 Narrows Bridge are under construction in this photograph; the current (second) Narrows Bridge is to the right of the new bridge construction.

The Tacoma Narrows (or The Narrows), a strait, is part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. A navigable maritime waterway between glacial landforms, the Narrows separates the Kitsap Peninsula from the city of Tacoma.

The Narrows is spanned by the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (State Route 16). Some of the largest octopodes in the world, the North Pacific Giant Octopus, live near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

In 1841 Charles Wilkes, during the United States Exploring Expedition, named the strait simply Narrows. Its name was formally set as The Narrows by Henry Kellett during the British Admiralty chart reorganization of 1847.^[1]

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Coordinates: 47°17′N 122°32′W / 47.28, -122.54

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