Maryland Unveils Design for Replacement of Francis Scott Key Bridge

Nearly one year after the container ship Dali struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the state of Maryland has unveiled a design for a bridge replacement. The new $1.7 billion span will have a modern cable-stayed design, less vulnerable to a runaway multi-span collapse than the original.

In the early hours of March 26, the container ship Dali got under way from Baltimore’s Seagirt Terminal, bound for sea. At about 0125, as she was outbound in the channel making eight knots, Dali suffered a full blackout. Four minutes later, the ship struck the pier on the southwest side of the center span at seven knots, des…