Federal money and resources are flowing to Maryland as authorities scramble to remove the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. But they acknowledge the effort will not be easy, cheap or quick.
A massive floating crane capable of lifting 1,000 tons at once has arrived at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge as authorities scramble to reopen the main shipping channel to the port of Baltimore.
For now, thousands of tons of steel and concrete are blocking the main shipping channel in the Patapsco River, three days after a massive cargo ship smashed into the bridge. The first step is to"remove that portion of the bridge that is currently draped across the front of the vessel Dali," Spellmon said. The shipping channel might initially open for one-way traffic, he said, before it could accommodate two vessels at once.
The Biden administration has already directed $60 million in federal emergency funding to Maryland. But that's just a small fraction of what it will cost to remove and replace the bridge. Civil engineers say it will likely take several years to build a new bridge, at a cost well into the hundred of millions of dollars.
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