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For Baltimore residents, the scene is difficult to believe: The Key Bridge collapsed. A large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which spans 1.6 miles across Baltimore's harbor ...
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had stood strong for nearly 50 years, collapsed into pieces in mere seconds early Tuesday after a cargo ship collided into one of its support pillars.
Traffic on the Key Bridge is heaviest during rush hour from 6 to 9 a.m. EST and 2 to 5 p.m., according to hourly traffic volume estimates from Inrix. The bridge collapsed around 1:30 a.m., when ...
[57] [69] The bridge strike and partial collapse were recorded on video. [70] [71] Multiple vehicles were on the bridge at the time it collapsed, though initially no one was believed to be inside them. [66] Workers were repairing potholes on the bridge [66] and were in their vehicles on a break at the time of the collapse. [72]
Why did the bridge collapse? Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Singaporean-flagged container vessel called Dali struck one of the 47-year-old bridge’s pillars, officials said.
Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the ...
The search for debris extended to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, 3 mi (5 km) south of Reagan National Airport. [1] A crane used to lift debris after the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was brought to help pick up plane wreckage. [59] The US Navy also sent two barges to recover heavy items. [60]
A 948-foot container ship smashed into a four-lane bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore in darkness early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse and sending cars and people plunging into the river below.