Unless you have been in coma for the last few days you know a 1000-foot-long container ship lost power and steering and slammed into the Key Bridge spanning the entrance to Baltimore Harbor.
How could the failure of one bridge support due to a cargo ship strike cause the bridge's entire collapse?
What type of design is that of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and is there a better design for newer bridges these days?
The replacement bridge will likely be a cable-stayed or arch bridge.
Yarnold: Yes, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa was a similar collapse due to a ship impact.
"The Office of Bridges and Structures provides a technical function to support the safety, stewardship and oversight of over 610,000 highway bridges, more than 500 tunnels, and numerous other structures across the entire USA. Under the Federal-Aid Highway Program, FHWA annually distributes funding of approximately $7 billion to assist transportation agencies plan, design, build, repair, rehabilitate, and inspect such bridges and structures."
There is not a single soul who has looked at the Key Bridge, the narrow entrance to Baltimore Harbor, and the economic and human impacts that would follow from a large containership striking the bridge and thought "We ought to do something about that before it is too late."
https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/just-out-of-curiosity-what-does-pete
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