Span of disaster: US bridges face deadly risk of ship ramming, study finds
A year after Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse, a new study shows such incidents remain likely because of larger ships and increased traffic.
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Baltimore's Key Bridge collapse: What engineer and infrastructure experts are saying
Modern protective measures for bridge piers include adding "fenders," which are protection systems designed to protect the bridge from vessels transiting under or in the vicinity of the bridge ...
Maryland failed to assess the vulnerability of its Francis Scott Key Bridge long before it collapsed
The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the ...
Walt Whitman, Ben Franklin bridges among 5 in Philadelphia area to be evaluated for collapse risk, NTSB says
An NTSB list of 68 bridges that should be evaluated for collapse risk includes five in the Philadelphia area that cross the ...
Golden Gate Bridge, other Bay Area spans at unknown risk of collapse from vessel collision, NTSB report says
A new NTSB report compiled after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore shows that San Francisco's Golden Gate ...
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Maryland failed to assess the vulnerability of its Francis Scott Key Bridge long before it collapsed
In 1980, a container ship struck the bridge’s pier protection and was stopped ... which plowed through similar fenders, according to a report documenting the board’s findings.