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Why did Francis Scott Key bridge collapse so catastrophically? It didn't stand a chance.
Opened in 1977, the bridge was 1.6 miles long and was the world's third-longest continuous-truss bridge span, carrying about 31,000 vehicles a day. Similarly designed bridges have a long history ...
Opinion
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Editorial: The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge
Sher Koke is a singer-songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. Below are the lyrics to a song Koke penned about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, commemorating one year since ...
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NTSB Says Key Bridge Was Vulnerable to Collapse
Vulnerability of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore to a vessel ... risks to the nearly 50-year-old steel arch continuous truss structure as recommended by 1991 and 2009 specifications ...
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NTSB Calls Key Bridge Collapse Preventable
The Francis Scott Key Bridge’s vulnerability to a vessel ... never calculated risks to the nearly 50-year-old steel arch continuous truss structure as recommended by the 1991 and 2009 AASHTO ...