Francis Scott Key Bridge

The Associated Press & Baltimore Banner - Tue September 03, 2024

Maryland Officials Award Kiewit Infrastructure $73M to Build First Phase of New Key Bridge

Maryland transportation leaders approved a contract Aug. 29 for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mi-long steel span collapsed into the Patapsco River under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns....

Maryland Matters - Tue August 13, 2024

Maryland Continues Shifting From Removal of Key Bridge Debris to Rebuilding Process

In the months after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., state and federal officials maintained a website that posted regular updates of the response to the catastrophe....

Baltimore Sun - Mon June 03, 2024

Maryland Officials Open Bid Period on Designing, Building New Key Bridge in Baltimore

Calling all bridge builders. The state of Maryland has opened its call for the design and construction of a replacement for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and teams have until June 24 to put together a package for selection....

The Associated Press - Tue May 14, 2024

Demolition Crews Bring Down Largest Span of Baltimore's Collapsed Key Bridge

Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives May 13 to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the Patapsco River below....

CEG Staff - Thu April 18, 2024

Cranes Begin Unloading Dali After Key Bridge Collapse

Workers have begun using cranes to offload containers from the Dali, the 100,000-ton vessel that crashed into Baltimore's Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, and sent major sections of the bridge plunging into the waters of the Patapsco River....

Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu April 04, 2024

Key Bridge Collapse Highlights Strains to Shipping, Construction

When the container ship Dali rammed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the 100,000-ton vessel sent the bridge and support structure crashing into the Patapsco River. The accident snarled a key part of Interstate 695, which carries traffic around Baltimore....

Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu April 04, 2024

After Disasters, Bridge Reconstruction Times Vary Depending On Design, Location, More

Hours after the Frances Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed, there was already talk about rebuilding. The Biden administration pledged $60 million toward reconstruction, but projections have the bottom line at more than $400 million....

NBC10 Boston - Thu March 28, 2024

Meeting Held On State of Massachusetts' Bridges in Wake of Baltimore Accident

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is hoping to calm concerns about the state's infrastructure after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland on March 26....

Maryland Matters & CEG - Tue March 26, 2024

UPDATE: Recovery Efforts Ongoing in Baltimore Harbor Following Key Bridge Collapse

Recovery efforts resumed Wednesday morning, March 27, at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore for six people who were unaccounted for and presumed dead after an out-of-control cargo ship slammed into a bridge support in the early morning hours of March 26....