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Hopkins research shows Chesapeake Bay Bridge has high risk for ship collisions
New research from Johns Hopkins University finds many of America's major bridges have a high risk of ship collisions, ...
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MDTA signed April contract to study Chesapeake Bay Bridge vulnerability, 11 News Investigates learns
The MDTA entered into a contract in April 2024 with a company to conduct a vulnerability study on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, ...
WBOC TV12d
Feds Say Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge Is Urgently In Need Of Inspection
The National Transportation Safety Board cited 68 bridges in 19 states needing urgent repair. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge made ...
CBS News7d
Oyster reef survives Key Bridge collapse, but environmental concerns remain for rebuild
The collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge in 2024 impacted wildlife in the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has a public Baltimore oyster growing program ...
The Baltimore Sun11d
How vulnerable is the Bay Bridge to a ship striking and collapsing it? NTSB, engineers want to know.
It’s too late for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but not for its longer and more heavily trafficked sibling span over the Chesapeake Bay. The National Transportation Safety Board criticized ...
Hopkins looks at Key Bridge collapse one year later, from the risk of another disaster to disrupted daily lives
Researchers found that the risk is “pretty substantial” that another ship could crash into one of the nation’s other bridges, ...
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge in critical need of repairs according to new NTSB report
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a report sounding the alarm about 68 bridges across 19 states following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Both spans of the ...
Maryland officials failed to assess vulnerability of Francis Scott Key Bridge before collapse, NTSB says
An assessment after last year's deadly accident found the Baltimore bridge's vulnerability was almost 30 times greater than ...
NTSB: Key Bridge had 30 times greater risk of collapse, based on safety threshold
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy's breakdown of the investigation into the March 2024 collapse of the Key Bridge was critical of ...
Capital Gazette9d
Chesapeake Bay oyster population stays strong, but budget cuts sow concern
But gains were observed elsewhere, including in the “rare” observation of spat north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. To Capt. Robert Newberry, chairman of the Delmarva Fisheries Association ...