Key Bridge collapse: By the numbers, a month later
Published in News & Features
BALTIMORE — A month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, federal, state and local authorities as well as local community organizations have banded together to focus on recovery efforts.
On March 26, the Key Bridge collapsed after a support pillar was struck by the container ship Dali, killing six construction workers and leaving tons of wreckage from the bridge in the harbor, diverting ships and significantly impacting operations at the Port of Baltimore.
Here’s a look at recovery efforts by the numbers:
4: Bodies of the construction workers recovered; two remain to be found.
6: agencies involved in the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command including U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Transportation Authority, Maryland State Police and Witt O’Brien’s representing Synergy Marine.
16: channel mariners can monitor for the latest information
22: floating cranes working at the collapse site
36: barges helping the recovery effort
38: depth in feet of the fourth temporary channel, the deepest alternate route opened so far
58: businesses approved by Maryland for aid to prevent layoffs while recovery continues
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