Baltimore Bay bridge collapses

[Mik]

Looked like there were a lot of construction folks on the bridge. Very sad.

[George K]

[89th]

@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

@Mik said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

This is going to be a mess.

The collapse of the Key Bridge means that the Baltimore Port will be unusable for many months.

It's the 13th most important US port for foreign trade

The economic impact on the city, which is already plagued by social misery and violent crime, will be huge

Not to sound crass, but I'd have to imagine they'll have the debris partially cleaned up relatively faster than that and a path made so that ships can at least go back and forth?

The harbor tunnel there (the alternate route) is going to get.... well, busy. I've often thought of how easy it would be to cripple areas like DC by taking out a structure or two on the overcrowded and old bridges there. Like the American Legion bridge and Wilson Bridge (or 395). And for the FBI watching, I'm just talking from a logistics standpoint.

[George K]

@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

for the FBI watching

At least one person (Andrew Tate!) claims it was a cyber attack on the ship, causing it to lose control.

[89th]

So dumb, the odds of timing a power outage just at the right time to make the ship shift with the current just in time to hit the bridge support...

[89th]

Yeah @Mik I thought those were cars at first but those lights were construction crews in the middle of the bridge.

[LuFins Dad]

Holy crap, that is going to be devastating to Baltimore. That’s about the only thing in the city.

Tragic for the workers on the bridge.

Has anybody brought up the fact that the bridge is named for that racist ZSOB Frances Scott Key?

[jon-nyc]

Crazy footage.

I hope it doesn’t inspire terrorists.

Also, imagine the liability? Probably north of $3B

[Axtremus]

Looks very bad.
No numbers on casualties yet.
Hoping for the best.

[bachophile]

I’ve felt a long time that American infrastructure is decaying before our eyes. Europe has always seemed much more modern and maintained than the US.

[George K]

Interesting.

[George K]

This explains it all:

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

Has anybody brought up the fact that the bridge is named for that racist ZSOB Frances Scott Key?

Are you kidding? That was literally the first thing I thought of.

BTW Key also has a bridge in DC named after him. Better stay off it!

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

I hope it doesn’t inspire terrorists.

I'm pretty sure my post earlier provided the inspiration. (waves to FBI)

[89th]

@Axtremus said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

Hoping for the best.

They all miraculously landed in rafts!

[89th]

@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

Interesting.

Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.

[Copper]

@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

BTW Key also has a bridge in DC named after him. Better stay off it!

What do the Key Bridge and Jimmy Carter have in common?

(a popular question when I worked in DC during the Carter Administration)

[Jolly]

@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

Interesting.

Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.

Hindsight is 20-20.

Did we have container ships in the 1970's like the one that struck the bridge?

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

@89th said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

@George-K said in Baltimore Bay bridge collapses:

Interesting.

Quite surprising those foundational supports aren't protected more given the sizes of ships going between them, obviously this is viewed in retrospect.

Hindsight is 20-20.

Did we have container ships in the 1970's like the one that struck the bridge?

Installing bumpers isn’t hindsight, it’s something they’ve been warned about. Bridges have been having them installed for several decades.

[Axtremus]

System designers and engineers have written reams and reams on "single points of failures."
Yet avoiding them in the real world is really, really hard; or really, really expensive.