Main shipping channel to Port of Baltimore fully restored 11 weeks after Key Bridge collapse
Source: WJZ-TV
BALTIMORE - The main passageway for ships to the Port of Baltimore has been fully restored, the Unified Command announced on Monday.
After 11 weeks of painstaking work, Unified Command reopened the full-width Ft. McHenry Channel where the Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River.
"One of our four key directives in the wake of the Key Bridge collapse has been to fully clear the federal channel," Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said. "Today, we bring that directive to completion. By working together, we turned months into weeks and bounced back faster than many could have ever anticipated."
The 700-foot wide and 50-foot deep channel will allow two-way traffic for large vessels, benefiting the Port of Baltimore, which had suffered drastic economic losses since the bridge collapsed on March 26, killing six construction workers and halting vessel traffic in and out of the port.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/main-channel-to-port-of-baltimore-fully-restored-11-weeks-after-key-bridge-collapse/
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elleng
(134,536 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(3,897 posts)We heard how ineffective and inefficient that Army COE was... and how "it was all Biden's fault". UGH.
Yes... the work they've done has been amazing. There was also the recovery aspect as well. They showed respect for the two final victims and their families so that the final two bodies could be recovered.
SunSeeker
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Journeyman
(15,115 posts)And is it possible to have ferry service across the channel until the bridge is rebuilt?
littlemissmartypants
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