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ShowtimeSBMVP · 03-26-2024, 02:22 AM

Shocking footage. Maryland's Key Bridge collapses after it was struck by a container ship.

pic.twitter.com/u8xXrhICJu
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) March 26, 2024

SITUATION REPORT: BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

- At 1:28 a.m. ET, a large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

- Large parts of the bridge immediately collapsed, sending multiple vehicles into the water, including a group of construction workers.

-… pic.twitter.com/QGHPeCyQLR
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 26, 2024

ModSocks · 03-26-2024, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

I picture driving down the bridge like any other night only to feel weightless then you are suddenly under water and can’t get the door open.

And in that moment you'd be like, "ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME???"

**DaFace** · 03-26-2024, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

They will get some cranes in there and have the port opened up in a few weeks. Its the traffic that's gonna suck.

Given how much money currently isn't flowing into that port, I'd be surprised if it takes more than a week to at least get a lane open. There are a **** ton of companies that will lose a **** ton of money with all those ships sitting idle.

Garcia Bronco · 03-26-2024, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

I picture driving down the bridge like any other night only to feel weightless then you are suddenly under water and can’t get the door open.

Then you have to open or smash the window...swim on out. then it's get to shore or land and take them cloths off. Next it's a constant rub down and movement. Don't stay still.

Garcia Bronco · 03-26-2024, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Given how much money currently isn't flowing into that port, I'd be surprised if it takes more than a week to at least get a lane open. There are a **** ton of companies that will lose a **** ton of money with all those ships sitting idle.

It's not hat simple but there will be some kind of round the clock work. I'd say at least a month. They should be planning right now and getting equipment in place.

backinblack · 03-26-2024, 04:01 PM

good reason why Norfolk has the bridge-tunnels. Suspect Norfolk will be taking on a lot of the Eastern seaboard commerce from Baltimore for a while.

WilliamTheIrish · 03-26-2024, 04:04 PM

Never been on that bridge. But I spent a great deal of time recently in the southeast and have traveled over the Talmadge bridge that spans the Savannah River in Savannah and the Cooper River bridge in Charleston.

Amazing seeing the size of those ships navigating a channel so narrow and passing side by side with another of the same breadth.

There is a proposal to raise the Talmadge bridge another 20 feet to nearly 200 feet, so that the largest container ships can pass underneath. They’ll replace the cables and and raise the bridge that way.

I’ve taken a tour on a ship through the Savannah River and you can see the graffiti on the underside of the bridge where merchant marine folks had climbed to the top of the container as they passed the bridge and wrote messages underneath.

jdubya · 03-26-2024, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Douchebags can't even wait for them to pull bodies out of the water before turning all attention towards themselves...

Kinda like after every shooting.

displacedinMN · 03-26-2024, 04:11 PM

it took 13 months to rebuild I35 in MPLS. Just for comparison.

Jewish Rabbi · 03-26-2024, 04:13 PM

I haven't read the thread but my guess is the ship lost power

Garcia Bronco · 03-26-2024, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

it took 13 months to rebuild I35 in MPLS. Just for comparison.

In a way, building the bridge is rather academic. It's doing that while maintaining some level of port operations that's the harder part.

**DaFace** · 03-26-2024, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

In a way, building the bridge is rather academic. It's doing that while maintaining some level of port operations that's the harder part.

I have to imagine that the design process will slow things down, too. I'm sure there will be endless debates about how to make it so strong that it can withstand a ship impact in the future.

**srvy** · 03-26-2024, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin

You don't know that. You're guessing. Anyway all it takes is for one anchor to snag a tree root and BAM! STOPPED!

That ship is bigger than an aircraft carrier with who knows the weight of the cargo. It was at 8 knots a Navy guy said it takes 5 miles to stop a carrier at the speed.

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Katipan · 03-26-2024, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by srvy

That ship is bigger than an aircraft carrier with who knows the weight of the cargo. It was at 8 knots a Navy guy said it takes 5 miles to stop a carrier at the speed.

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#hairflip

**Rain Man** · 03-26-2024, 04:30 PM

Does there have to be a new bridge? How about going with a fun and retro ferry system?

neech · 03-26-2024, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I have to imagine that the design process will slow things down, too. I'm sure there will be endless debates about how to make it so strong that it can withstand a ship impact in the future.

The bridge won't be rebuilt for at least a year mark my words.

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03-26-2024, 04:01 PM	#140
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03-26-2024, 04:04 PM	#141
WilliamTheIrish Champion Golfer Of The Year WilliamTheIrish's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2001	Never been on that bridge. But I spent a great deal of time recently in the southeast and have traveled over the Talmadge bridge that spans the Savannah River in Savannah and the Cooper River bridge in Charleston. Amazing seeing the size of those ships navigating a channel so narrow and passing side by side with another of the same breadth. There is a proposal to raise the Talmadge bridge another 20 feet to nearly 200 feet, so that the largest container ships can pass underneath. They’ll replace the cables and and raise the bridge that way. I’ve taken a tour on a ship through the Savannah River and you can see the graffiti on the underside of the bridge where merchant marine folks had climbed to the top of the container as they passed the bridge and wrote messages underneath.
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03-26-2024, 04:11 PM	#143
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03-26-2024, 04:13 PM	#144
Jewish Rabbi What's up braj? Jewish Rabbi's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Placencia, Belize	I haven't read the thread but my guess is the ship lost power
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