Transportation

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.

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.

From a proposal to the American dream, Baltimoreans remember the bridge as more than a roadway.

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.

A baker in Dundalk was one of the last people to cross the Key Bridge, making it off about a minute before it collapsed.

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.

The six missing workers were all part of Baltimore’s flourishing Latino community, immigrant advocates say.

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.

Rescue and recovery efforts have turned to a salvage operation that Maryland Department of Transportation estimated Thursday would cost at least $60 million.

Here are ways to support families of the Key Bridge victims, port workers and first responders.

Total power failures like the one the Dali experienced before hitting the Key Bridge are rare, possibly caused by faulty equipment or contaminated fuel, experts said.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge could have environmental ramifications. Here’s what experts have to say.

Another crane is scheduled to arrive by Saturday as salvage operations continue, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said.

Engineering experts say the design of the Key Bridge likely accelerated its fall, but did not cause it.

Officials have said concrete and steel debris have to be removed so that divers can safely work in the area again.

Maryland lawmakers may consider whether to create a new form of a state of emergency to handle long-term infrastructure emergencies like the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this week.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has fueled fears of nationwide supply-chain disruptions, but guarded optimism might be justified, says a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School professor who specializes in operations management and business analytics.

The supply chain is pivoting — and doing it fast.

Foreign manufacturers are looking at other U.S. ports that may be able to handle influxes of cars while the Port of Baltimore is partially shut down.

Recovery efforts at the bridge collapse site are underway, while federal transportation safety investigators were boarding the ship and collecting evidence.