Waterway between the Kitsap Peninsula and Tacoma in Puget Sound, Washington, US
This article is about the strait of Puget Sound. For the bridge that spans this strait, see
Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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 twin
Tacoma Narrows Bridges (
State Route 16). An
earlier bridge collapsed shortly after it opened.
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.
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References
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^ Phillips, James W. (1971). Washington State Place Names. University of Washington Press.
ISBN
0-295-95158-3.
47°17′N 122°32′W / 47.28°N 122.54°W / 47.28; -122.54