Just imagine the money and time it's going to take just to cut up and haul away all that scrap. Let alone rebuild the whole thing.
Looks can be deceiving but those supports look fairly small. I think about the old rail bridges with solid, huge footings. And even those would probably be shaken/displaced.
I have no knowledge of the source but this video appears to show vehicles still crossing pretty close to impact and also it looks like they were turning into the bridge at time of impact? Could just be the camera angle?
That’s why I posted the link. If they closed it they were in the absolute nick of time.As far as I have been able to tell/read, there weren't any people on the bridge save for DOT workers filling in potholes. The crew of the ship was able to get out a mayday and the authorities closed the bridge.
And Port of Baltimore will be closed. Imagine what that will do to supply chains in the Mid Atlantic.Such a scary incident! I hope nobody lost their life but it seems very likely if 7 people are missing
It's going to take years to rebuild this bridge and traffic there will be a nightmare
I can't believe the number of containers on that ship. What happens in the north Atlantic when it gets rough??I suspect the pier protectors were designed to protect against the size of ship that traveled the waterway when the bridge was designed and built, some 50 years ago. But the ships have gotten much bigger, and when out of control, the greater mass means they hit with much more force.
It was build to withstand earthquake and then rebuild for higher standard recently, at a hefty cost. You can't compare the standard of Bay Bridge and Key Bridge, and the Vallejo bridge is likely more comparable in build quality.San Francisco Bay has had its fair share of ships colliding into bridge towers, and I’ve never heard of one ever being considered compromised. However, the Golden Gate Bridge and Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge have massive towers on beefy supports. Some ships go under the Richmond-San Rafael and Carquinez Bridges but the big thing is the Richmond tanker terminal.
I've read that they were dragging the port anchor. That bridge is 50 or more years old.I’d think they would have dropped anchor immediately further upstream, if they knew the issues, called mayday, DOT had time to get out, etc.
But it’s too easy to play armchair Captain.
Very sad. Horrible to see a bridge like that collapse like a toy. Will be interesting to see the info develop from here. That’s going to be a multi-year engineering and construction effort, and that’s if the existing bridge supports could be used. I suspect they’re substandard.
You already know.I can't believe the number of containers on that ship. What happens in the north Atlantic when it gets rough??
Sri Lanka is sort of a crossroads of the sea. Likely the first stop of many to offload some and re load others. As much as 60% of those containers may have been empty. Pretty common to ship empty containers back to Asia as there are no goods going from here to there.As mentioned, extremely sad for those missing and their families. What does the US export to Sri Lanka? Was Baltimore just a stop along the way on this ship's route?
It was build to withstand earthquake and then rebuild for higher standard recently, at a hefty cost. You can't compare the standard of Bay Bridge and Key Bridge, and the Vallejo bridge is likely more comparable in build quality.
Sri Lanka is sort of a crossroads of the sea. Likely the first stop of many to offload some and re load others. As much as 60% of those containers may have been empty. Pretty common to ship empty containers back to Asia as there are no goods going from here to there.
Hopefully the government has starting moving on putting out bids, allocating money , military resource or whatever it takes . At very least a white board.Just imagine the money and time it's going to take just to cut up and haul away all that scrap. Let alone rebuild the whole thing.
Was a toll road destroyed by a private ship. Figuring out who pays will be the most complicated part.Hopefully the government has starting moving on putting out bids, allocating money , military resource or whatever it takes . At very least a white board.