The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning has sparked debate on whether certain protective systems could have prevented the disaster. The Dali, a nearly ...

Before its disastrous collapse last week, the Francis Scott Key Bridge served as an economically crucial gateway: thousands of container ships crossing from the Atlantic to Baltimore’s port passed ...

11:42 a.m. March 27, 2024: In an earlier version of this article, the first name of University of Southampton professor Mehdi Kashani was misspelled as Mehni. Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge ...

Seconds before the container ship Dali hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week and tore it down, killing six construction workers, it sailed past a structure designed to prevent that ...

That year, a cargo vessel moving at about the same speed as the Dali hit the structure after losing control. But such ships were smaller then. By Mike Ives The massive cargo ship that lost control and ...

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge stood little chance of survival Tuesday when a cargo ship rammed into it: Its vertical support structure seemed flimsy for a bridge spanning such a busy port, ...

Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records... Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge ...