This course is intended for engineers, architects and other design and construction professionals wanting to learn about the ethical issues that were raised by the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge, and the lessons engineers learned from this major engineering incident. Deck plate girder bridge over Arkansas River on I-40 in Webbers Falls. Specifically, at what point is the profession’s theoretical and experiential knowledge insufficient to justify moving forward with a specific project or design scheme? And in the presence of weak experiential knowledge, is there a practicable way to supplement the experiential knowledge so as to move the project forward? In this course you will learn about how the engineering profession gained important new insights into the importance of aerodynamics in bridge design as a result of the ethical dilemma faced by the designers of the first Tacoma Narrows bridge. Out of this incident a serious ethical issue was illuminated for the engineering profession. With a major highway corridor out of commission, ODOT proceeded rapidly on reconstructing I-40 across the Arkansas River. Interstate 40 crossing the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. The collapse took place less than a year after completion of construction of the bridge. The bridge collapsed due to the collision, costing 14 their lives when a number of vehicles plummeted into the murky waters. You are able to drive up and park next to the monument. Fourteen people lost their lives and are memorialized with a monument that sits in the shadow of the repaired bridge. It happened when a barge hit the bridge on May 26, 2002. Hurricane Katrina prompted a surge of spending on levee repair and coastal restoration along the Gulf Coast. The bridge collapses in Minneapolis and Webber Falls, OK, have resulted in more spending on bridge inspection, repair and replacement nationwide. This was one of the most dramatic bridge collapses in history, with fortunately no loss of life and little property damage other than the bridge itself. Bridge Tragedy Memorial On May 26, 2002, a barge struck the I-40 bridge at Webbers Falls, and a 600-foot span fell into the river. Last week marked 20 years since the deadly I-40 bridge collapse in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Most people take infrastructure for granted until something goes wrong. This course will examine the ethical issues that arose from the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in Washington state.
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