Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge - gone.. (Page 3): We lived in Baltimore and crossed the bridge many times. Here is a photo of the RO-RO ship Morning Luck passing the Key Bridge...

sbschippers Loc: Baltimore MD

We lived in Baltimore and crossed the bridge many times. Here is a photo of the RO-RO ship Morning Luck passing the Key Bridge support that was struck by the Dali, causing the bridge to collapse. The Lucy is 761' long and the Dali is 948' - almost 200' longer. Very few bridges are built to withstand a direct hit from anything that big and heavy, not matter how slowly it is moving. And even fewer have been tested.

srt101fan

sbschippers wrote:

We lived in Baltimore and crossed the bridge many times. Here is a photo of the RO-RO ship Morning Luck passing the Key Bridge support that was struck by the Dali, causing the bridge to collapse. The Lucy is 761' long and the Dali is 948' - almost 200' longer. Very few bridges are built to withstand a direct hit from anything that big and heavy, not matter how slowly it is moving. And even fewer have been tested.

Good picture that shows relative sizes of bridge and large ship.

don2b2 Loc: Catonsville, MD

sbschippers wrote:

We lived in Baltimore and crossed the bridge many times. Here is a photo of the RO-RO ship Morning Luck passing the Key Bridge support that was struck by the Dali, causing the bridge to collapse. The Lucy is 761' long and the Dali is 948' - almost 200' longer. Very few bridges are built to withstand a direct hit from anything that big and heavy, not matter how slowly it is moving. And even fewer have been tested.

Well said. Thank you.