The roar of machinery hums below looming 722-foot towers mixed with a waterfront breeze as workers push forward on Detroit’s Gordie Howe International Bridge this spring. Crews are reaching the final stretch of building the Gordie Howe International Bridge deck, with a little over a year left in the bridge project. Construction of the bridge began in […]
BALTIMORE — Two electrical blackouts on the Dali freighter sent members of its crew and the pilots on board scrambling to control the vessel as it approached the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. Their efforts — which would prove unsuccessful — are laid out in detail in a […]
The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and sent it plunging into the water nearly two months ago, suffered a pair of electrical blackouts the day before the crash, federal investigators said Tuesday. The Dali continued to have electrical issues in the minutes before the March 26 collision, including two […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal investigators said on Tuesday the Dali cargo ship lost electrical power several times including the day before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, killing six people. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report that about 10 hours before leaving Baltimore, the Dali […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators probing the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said in a preliminary report Tuesday the cargo ship Dali experienced an electrical blackout about 10 hours before leaving the Port of Baltimore while undergoing maintenance. The power outage was caused by a crewmember mistakenly closing an exhaust damper, […]
Restoration work on a historic Arroyo Grande bridge will close the landmark through the summer as the city works to “preserve its charm and safety for generations to come,” it announced in a news release. The Village of Arroyo Grande’s Swinging Bridge closed Monday as the city makes needed improvements to meet current safety standards, […]
Bang! And the bridge is gone. – Gif: WUSA9 via YouTube More than six weeks after it struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, the Dali container ship has finally been freed after engineers blew up remnants of the bridge. Explosives experts from the U.S. Army were called in to explode a […]
Demolition experts used explosives Monday to remove part of a collapsed bridge in Baltimore and free a cargo ship that has been trapped since it rammed into the structure in March. The demolition will eventually allow workers to remove the nearly 1,000-foot (300-meter) Dali container vessel which has almost entirely blocked access to one of […]
There was a booming noise, several plumes of smoke and then a splash as millions of pounds of Francis Scott Key Bridge debris fell into the Patapsco River Monday evening. Crews had previously placed linear shaped charges — explosive cutting devices — on the large piece of bridge that has sat on the front of […]
Crews have conducted a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. It marked a major step in freeing the grounded Dali container ship, which has been stuck amid the wreckage since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews are expected to conduct a controlled demolition Monday evening to break down the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, a major step in the cleanup as officials seek to fully reopen the port’s busy shipping channel by the end of the month. Engineers have […]
The salvage of a 984-foot container ship with millions of pounds of bridge material sitting atop it can be unpredictable. After authorities said last week that they would be using explosive devices to break up the span, Tom Gilmour, a retired Coast Guard rear admiral who is a maritime consultant, joked about scheduling the event. […]