Transportation
See a close-up photo of the support pier that brought down the Key Bridge
The image, taken by amateur photographer and plumber-by-day David Sites, contains clues of bridge vulnerabilities that experts say could have been addressed.
When the Key Bridge broke, so did many Baltimore sailors’ hearts
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge might be more iconic, the Golden Gate might be prettier, but there was something so Baltimore about the Key Bridge. It wasn’t flashy, could be genuinely stunning, and did its job without attracting much attention until the day it collapsed.
First vessel passes through small passage cleared near Key Bridge
President Joe Biden will visit the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday.
The Dali isn’t the only ship stuck in Baltimore. Crews of 7 other vessels can’t leave the port.
As many as 150 crew members are stuck on enormous ships in the Port of Baltimore.
Owner of the Dali seeks to limit liability in Key Bridge collapse
The Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 allows ship owners to try to limit their liability to the value of the vessel and its freight at the end of the voyage.
Dundalk was a steel town. When the Key Bridge fell, so did its legacy.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge was the constant. ‘Whenever I saw the bridge, I knew I was almost home.’
How racist, anti-immigrant disinformation added to the Key Bridge tragedy
Baltimore has become the latest target of a national far-right campaign spreading thinly veiled racism after a catastrophic event.
Commercial ships may soon have a way into the Port of Baltimore
There are plans to create a temporary alternate channel near the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge that will allow commercial vessels to access the port.
Crews begin lifting parts of the Key Bridge out of the water
Assisting businesses, opening channels remain priority, officials said.
Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse was all over national Sunday-morning talk shows
Gov. Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. officials discussed the recovery effort on national TV news.
The Key Bridge stood for 47 years — then it was gone. Now Baltimore wonders what’s next.
Less than 20 seconds was all it took for it to collapse into the Patapsco River on Tuesday.
Key Bridge collapse focused attention on vital bridges. Thousands are in poor shape across the US
Though the Key Bridge in Baltimore had been in satisfactory condition before the shipping collision, thousands of other bridges stand in poor shape across the U.S. due to aging piers, beams and key structural components.
Commentary: Immigrant workers like those on the Key Bridge take care of us
The loss of workers in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse serves as a reminder of the essential role immigrant workers play in our community and of our obligation to protect them, say the leaders of immigrant rights groups United We Dream and CASA.
Baltimore remembers the Key Bridge: ‘The backdrop of my entire life’
From a proposal to the American dream, Baltimoreans remember the bridge as more than a roadway.
He helped build the Key Bridge. He never thought he’d live to see it fall.
More than a thousand people — including union laborer Terry Turbin — gathered Friday to raise money for port workers who will lose work because of the Key Bridge collapse.
We spoke with one of the last drivers to cross the Key Bridge
A baker in Dundalk was one of the last people to cross the Key Bridge, making it off about a minute before it collapsed.
Community embraces families of 6 workers who perished in Key Bridge collapse
Since the Francis Scott Bridge’s collapse early Tuesday, community members have been reaching out and providing support to families of the six Latino construction workers who perished in the disaster.
What we know about the victims and survivors of the Key Bridge collapse
The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.
How giant cargo ships transformed the Port of Baltimore — and raised new risks
Expansion of the Seagirt Marine Terminal in 2013 allowed bigger ships like the Dali to load up at the Port of Baltimore, ships that vastly outflank the vessels operating when the Key Bridge was built in the 1970s.
What it’ll take to clear the Key Bridge collapse site
Rescue and recovery efforts have turned to a salvage operation that Maryland Department of Transportation estimated Thursday would cost at least $60 million.