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.

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