The bridge is a major traffic and transportation hub for the United States’ East Coast.
The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of a container ship after it struck the bridge in Baltimore, on March 26.It is a major traffic and transportation hub for the United States’ East Coast and the entry point to the Port of Baltimore.The four-lane steel bridge opened in 1977 after five years of construction and spans 2.6km.
It crosses over the Patapsco River, where US national anthem author Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner in 1814 after witnessing the British defeat at the Battle of Baltimore and the British bombing of Fort McHenry. It has 56m of vertical clearance. Built at an estimated cost of US$110 million , it allowed for more traffic lanes and carried lower operating and maintenance costs than a tunnel.The bridge carries 11.3 million vehicles a year, the Maryland Transportation Authority says, on the I-695 highway that circles Baltimore, also known as the Baltimore Beltway.Other structures along the route include a 1km dual-span drawbridge over Curtis Creek and two 1.
Over 40 ships remained inside Baltimore port including small cargo ships, tugboats and pleasure craft, data from ship tracking and maritime analytics provider MarineTraffic showed on March 26.Resend verification e-mail
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