The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, MD, has collapsed after apparently being struck by a ship.
Bridge Collapses in Baltimore
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Been across that bridge before. Just that feeing of helplessness for those that were on it when it collapsed.
Happened to catch the live stream during their press conference. At first, the camera they were using wasn't plugged into an audio multbox, but this is what I caught. (I think)
- Two people pulled from the water so far. One refused treatment(!), the other was taken to a local trauma center in very serious condition
- Many, many, many law enforcement agencies involved with search & rescue
- The ship has yet to be boarded as they have to assess the structural integrity of that ship before they can.
Just yikes yikes yikes.
- Two people pulled from the water so far. One refused treatment(!), the other was taken to a local trauma center in very serious condition
- Many, many, many law enforcement agencies involved with search & rescue
- The ship has yet to be boarded as they have to assess the structural integrity of that ship before they can.
Just yikes yikes yikes.
Curious on the timeline of how quickly it collapsed after impact from the ship. I'm a little shocked they let traffic continue over it, so it must have all happened pretty quickly.
Edit: not familiar with the East Coast so Googled the location. That looks to be a fairly major artery for the city being the southern most road to cross the river. Rebuilding a 1.4 mile bridge is going to take a while.
Edit: not familiar with the East Coast so Googled the location. That looks to be a fairly major artery for the city being the southern most road to cross the river. Rebuilding a 1.4 mile bridge is going to take a while.
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Assuming I'm reading all this correctly, looks like the ship just left Baltimore and was headed for Sri Lanka. It's a ship owned by Singapore.
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No time...ship was adrift and struck one of the two main support columns. Bridge collapsed within a couple of seconds. The ship basically powdered the column. Absolutely a miracle that it happened late at night. Would think it will be months (if not more) to replace given the destruction of one main column and obvious structural issues with the other column.
Horrible situation but it could have been much worse if it happened at a time when the bridge would have been full of cars.
Thanks for the context, skimmed a couple websites and couldn't really find any on how quickly it occurred and was tough to tell from the video.
KidSilverhair
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Apparently it’s part of the I-695 loop around Baltimore, which sounds like a pretty key part of the city’s highway infrastructure. If you’re going from BWI up I-95 towards Wilmington/Philadelphia you might take this route to avoid going through Baltimore itself.
(And the “key” - “Francis Scott Key” play on words there was entirely unintentional)
My biggest fear is dying in the water. This just compounds my fears. Being on a bridge, ship hits pillar, bridge collapses, and you crash into the body of water below and probably drown. I even think about drowning going over the mile long bridge at Saylorville.
It's the randomness/terrible luck of being on that bridge at that exact time that makes it terrifying.
The mile long bridge makes me tense up every time. Really narrow with zero shoulder, relatively high speeds, short guardrail and gusty crosswinds.
I hope everyone realizes just how random, unlikely, and rare this is too.
