STORY: :: A timelapse shows the reopening of

Baltimore’s main shipping channel this week

:: The major transportation artery was blocked

after a cargo ship struck the Key Bridge in March

:: June 12, 2024

:: Baltimore, Maryland

The deadly March 26 collision of the cargo ship Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge had paralyzed a major transportation artery for the U.S. Northeast.

Within hours, President Joe Biden directed aides to get the channel reopened, the bridge rebuilt and vowed the federal government would cover the full costs.

Federal officials said on Monday that full access to the channel had been restored after the removal of 50,000 tons of debris.