Cranes periodically swung into place on Easter Sunday and workers measured and cut the steel to prepare to lift sections of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge.
BALTIMORE (AP) As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site too.
A crane that can lift 1,000 tons has appeared near the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Baltimore as crews prepare to begin clearing wreckage. The debris has stymied the search for four missing workers and blocked ships from entering or leaving the city’s vital port. Cranes will be used to clear the channel of the twisted metal and concrete remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the cargo ship that hit it. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday described the challenges ahead for recovering the workers and for clearing tons of debris to reopen the Port of Baltimore.
BALTIMORE As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site took time on Easter Sunday to reflect on the six workers presumed to have plunged to their deaths.
Engineers in Maryland are working on the daunting task of removing the remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Patapsco River. Crews on Saturday started to cut