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Mar 28, 2024 · When a nearly 1,000-foot-long container ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, its bow appeared to cut directly into one of the concrete supports holding up the structure, skirting above the modest protective barriers at its base. In the aftermath of the collapse that followed, engineers identified a lack ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Engineers raise doubts. Ben Conarck, Daniel Zawodny and Hallie Miller. 3/26/2024 2:01 p.m. EDT. A portion of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a large container ship early Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024, sending several vehicles and people into the frigid water below.
Apr 6, 2024 · “Maybe it’s protected in a very trivial fashion like the Key Bridge, but I didn’t realize it does not have a robust protection system like dolphins or some rock island,” he said. “That ...
May 28, 2015 · Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Many bridges similar to Baltimore’s Key Bridge are protected by barriers designed to prevent or reduce the impact when vessels collide with piers. Such installations include cable systems, po…
Jan 17, 2024 · The Skyway should not be destroyed by land-greedy developers. This is the main reason why there is a private push to destroy a beautiful work that blends perfectly with the magnificent view of ...
Mar 26, 2024 · The Sunshine Skyway, a two-span bridge built in 1954 across Lower Tampa Bay collapsed on May 9, 1980, when a freighter called the Summit Venture collided with a support beam.
