Baltimore Bridge Collapse

[Halifax Tar]

Please see link. Quite the footage.

Live updates: Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after ship collision

Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday after it was struck by a large ship, according to video obtained by CNN. Follow live updates here.

www.cnn.com

 

[Haggis]

It appears the vessel lost power twice while underway. After the second time, it struck the bridge support.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

That is not going to buff out…

 

[KTown Cowboy]

Reminds me of the Tasman Bridge Disaster.

 

[NavyShooter]

Question - what impact will this have on the US strategically? I mean, it sure looks like an accident...but a lot of things look like accidents, and a lot of Hillary C's friends have also 'committed suicide' so....who knows?

 

[MilEME09]

Question - what impact will this have on the US strategically? I mean, it sure looks like an accident...but a lot of things look like accidents, and a lot of Hillary C's friends have also 'committed suicide' so....who knows?

Baltimore harbour is basically blocked for large ships, that's going to hit the US economy every day until it is cleared, The major shipyard is on the east side of the bridge though so its not blocked.

 

[brihard]

Question - what impact will this have on the US strategically? I mean, it sure looks like an accident...but a lot of things look like accidents, and a lot of Hillary C's friends have also 'committed suicide' so....who knows?

11 million cars a year, so Baltimore traffic is gonna suck.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Don't know about strategically, but the for the people of Baltimore it's going to have a tactical impact. They're going to find out whether they had just enough or more than enough capacity in their road network to absorb the loss without massively affecting traffic congestion.

Smart urban planners everywhere ought to be paying close attention.

 

[Haggis]

11 million cars a year, so Baltimore traffic is gonna suck. more

FTFY.

Not a place I like driving on a good day.

 

[KevinB]

Yeah traffic will suck worse.

The Port isn’t really that big as far as tonnage goes, but it was the biggest RORO port on the East coast - so stuff coming in like that is definitely impacted.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Going to suck for the divers searching the wreckage for cars.

 

[brihard]

Yeah traffic will suck worse.

The Port isn’t really that big as far as tonnage goes, but it was the biggest RORO port on the East coast - so stuff coming in like that is definitely impacted.

And something like 15,000 port employees.

 

[KevinB]

And something like 15,000 port employees.

F them, they live in Maryland

 

[OldSolduer]

That bridge is fucked is it not….

 

[Edward Campbell]

Reminds me of the Tasman Bridge Disaster.

And a similar one in Tampa Bay over 40 years ago

 

[MilEME09]

That bridge is fucked is it not….

Very, no buffing that out, replacing it will take a long time

 

[OldSolduer]

Very, no buffing that out, replacing it will take a long time

Joe said the Federales will pay for it’s replacement

 

[Quirky]

Joe said the Federales will pay for it’s replacement

 

[Navy_Pete]

That bridge is fucked is it not….

The technical term is 'fucking fucked'. Took out a main pillar.

Sounds like 6 people are missing and presumably dead, pretty brutal. That is a really long bridge run so even with it being a slow speed (but really heavy collision) not sure if someone already on the bridge even had time to get off.

I guess the only plus side is it happened without much traffic, this could have been much worse for fatalities.

 

[OldSolduer]

Fuckin fucked. Yeah that works.

I was actually quite surprised at the amount of damage that happened.