Tag: collapsed

Maryland opens temporary channel at collapsed Baltimore bridge site

(Reuters) -The U.S. state of Maryland has opened a temporary channel on the northeast side of the collapsed Baltimore bridge, allowing vessel traffic around the container ship stuck at the disaster site, Governor Wes Moore said on Monday. “It will help us to get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse,” […]

California’s Highway 1 remains closed after road collapsed in storm

A famous California highway remains closed Monday after a portion of the road collapsed, leaving nearly 2,000 travelers stranded during Easter weekend. A section of California’s Highway 1 – which winds along the state’s cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean – crumbled during a major storm on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. The damaged road in […]

Engineers continue work to remove twisted steel from collapsed bridge

Teams of engineers are continuing the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which crumpled into the Patapsco River this week after a cargo ship crashed into one of its supports. Sparks could be seen flying from a section of bent and crumpled […]

Work starts to cut and lift first section of collapsed Maryland bridge

Engineers have started work on the process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from a bridge which collapsed in Maryland after a cargo ship crashed into one of its main supports. The Francis Scott Key Bridge crumpled into the Patapsco River on Tuesday after the incident. US Coast Guard officials confirmed […]

Salvage crews to lift first piece of collapsed Baltimore bridge

By David Lawder and Joel Schectman (Reuters) – Salvage crews were set to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and U.S. officials said, the first step in a complex effort to reopen the city’s […]