Engineers blame $3m structural 'flaw' for Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge collapsing - and tens of thousands of bridges across US could also have fault
Engineers have blamed the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge on a design flaw that is present in tens of thousands of US bridges. The Francis Scott Key Bridge rests partially collapsed after a cargo ship ran into it in Baltimore And the Delaware memorial Bridge received protection cells in 2023 at a cost of $93 million. El-Tawil and the other engineers said that the Francis Scott Key Bridge seemed to lack the necessary structures that would have protected against such a strike - piers in the water, seafloor piled up to make a ship run aground before it struck the pillar, or concrete structures that could divert the boat away from the bridge. The Francis Scott Key Bridge carried over 11 million vehicles across it each year, and its collapse will cause major problems for the people living nearby, experts said.
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