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The Death of a Dima Bridge
The bridge began to twst violently along the centre line, and that became like extremely violent. One end of the bridge deck was up at a forty five degree angle in a forty mile an hour dale. A local camera store owner named barney elliot arrived on the scene and took the now famous color film of the bridgess relentless gyrations. The ride ended just four months laterthe dawn of a fatal day. And the wind begins to squeak with a roar that no man can fail to hear. Some claim it wis the use of solid girders. Others differ. But whatever the reason, tacoma will rebuild this dima bridge. That will not provide
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