<P> 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 . </P> <P> The Narrows is spanned by the twin Tacoma Narrows Bridges (State Route 16). An earlier bridge collapsed shortly after it opened . Some of the largest octopuses in the world, the Giant Pacific Octopus, live among the ruins of the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

World's largest octopus under the narrows bridge