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Baltimore Bridge
Context
The United States Justice Department filed USD 100 million claim over Baltimore Bridge collapse.
About the Bridge
- Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after a container ship smashed into a pylon.
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge was one of three ways to cross the Baltimore Harbor and handled 31,000 cars per day or 11.3 million vehicles a year.
- The steel structure is four lanes wide and sits 185 feet (56 meters) above the river.
- It opened in 1977 and crosses the Patapsco River.
- The bridge leads to the Port of Baltimore, the deepest harbor in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
- Reason behind the collapse:The metal truss-style bridge has a suspended deck, a design that contributed to its collapse. The ship appeared to hit a main concrete pier, which rests on soil underwater and is part of the foundation.
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