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Why the Baltimore Bridge Collapsed So Quickly
Steel structures aren't as strong as you might think—and immense power of a container ship shouldn't be underestimated.
They flicked on again a moment later, but the ship then began to veer to the right, towards one of the massive pylon-like supports on the Francis Scott Key truss bridge—a huge mass of steel and concrete that spans the Patapsco River. Maryland’s governor Wes Moore told reporters that, thanks to the mayday call, officials were able to stem the flow of traffic over the bridge, an intervention that he says “saved lives.” The disaster has come at a difficult time for shipping, with drought afflicting the Panama Canal and Houthi attacks striking multiple vessels in the Red Sea in recent months.
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