This post will be a collection of links, information, and discussion about the Francis Scott Key bridge that was destroyed when a shipping container slammed into it
Washington
CNN
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Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transportation Safety Board’s ongoing investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last year.
The Golden Gate Bridge in California; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, George Washington and Verrazzano-Narrows bridges in New York City; the Walt Whitman and Benjamin Franklin bridges in Pennsylvania; the Sunshine Skyway in Florida and the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan all made the list.
BALTIMORE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted a permit to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge, nearly one year after a container ship struck its center span and caused its devastating collapse into the Patapsco River.
The contracts are for construction management and inspection services and are worth $20 million each
The Maryland Board of Public Works approved contracts with Greenman-Pederson, Inc./Gannett Fleming, Inc.; Michael Baker International, Inc./STV, Inc.; and AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
The consulting teams will oversee various aspects of the reconstruction, including constructability reviews, inspections of erosion control, traffic maintenance, materials testing, and scheduling.
For all the naysayers who thought this bridge would never get reconstructed the state of Maryland is making fast progress!
The Board of Public Works approved a $75 million contract Wednesday to hire three firms that will oversee construction management services on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the replacement project gets under way in earnest this spring.
The companies, a consortium calling itself Bridging Maryland Partnership, will be responsible for planning, engineering, surveying, construction management and more.
“The Bridging Maryland Partnership is responsible for ensuring that this bridge is built safely, that it’s built sustainably and smoothly and importantly, as swiftly as possible,” said Gov. Wes Moore (D), one of three members of the board along with Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck Davis.
For all those who thought the bridge would never get rebuilt are absolutely wrong now. Making it into a federal funding bill the probability of this project getting completed went up substantially
The MDTA also launched a Key Bridge Rebuild Facebook page, where stakeholders, industry experts, and local residents can communicate about the project. The department will use the page to share real-time updates, milestones, and progress reports.
So sad too bad they didn’t create a stacker news territory where people can earn sats ( or CCs) to discuss the bridge!
MDE holds public hearing on proposed changes Key Bridge reconstruction process
And we got drawings!!
Renderings from the Maryland Transportation Authority showed build plans for a new bridge that would stand 45-feet taller than the demolished Key Bridge. The construction is expected to start in 2025 and last until 2028.
The Biden Administration sent a $100 billion disaster relief request to Congress Monday evening; some of those funds will be used to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The request asks for $8 billion for the Transportation Department, which would grant the funds for the project.
The Key Bridge rebuild is expected to cost roughly $2 billion and take until fall 2028 to complete.
President Biden promised to fully fund the project shortly after the collapse of the bridge on March 26. Usually, the federal government only pays for 90% of projects of that nature.
Congress will need to pass a law requiring the government to fit the full bill. There is already legislation drafted to do just that, however, it still has not made it to the president’s desk.
The Golden Gate Bridge in California; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, George Washington and Verrazzano-Narrows bridges in New York City; the Walt Whitman and Benjamin Franklin bridges in Pennsylvania; the Sunshine Skyway in Florida and the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan all made the list.