History of Francis Scott Key Bridge, a Baltimore landmark and thoroughfare that stood for 47 years 

I've said this on other sites but this is deeply personal for me because my father was the Project Engineer during its construction and I used to go with him to watch its construction. If he was alive today he would be heartbroken and devastated.

What a beautiful picture of that bridge before careless captain and crew and we're not keeping the maintenance on that boat good correct up to par and where was the tugboat. Insurance company and the company that owns the ship should foot the bill for everything.

I still can't believe that the Key Bridge is gone unexpected tragedy

Special reroute scheduled for interim will need to be phased in. Tunnels oft don’t allow hazardous materials transport. Those pillars of the main span seem vulnerable in shipping lanes. Some massive protective barriers would be worth the extra cost.

My history with this bridge is always bouncy in the center while i drove tractor trailers across with heavy loads always feeling secure on it.

This span was built in 1972 and completed in 1977 for 115 million dollars estimate. To rebuild it in todays monetary terms will certainly be in the few billions!

That bridge looks like it was made out of Tinker Toys!

According to the bridge experts planning should have been in the works already for a replacement

Look how far the bumpers (the dolphins) are from the bridge. Why?

If I were this bridge builder....what the hell all those ships thru me size so HUGE....The bridge is trembling & shaking, The bridge is going down...going down SOON!

They're going to have to use ferry boats to people to travel back and forth.

That ship seems to be all right. The bridge collapsed like a toy bridge.

Crappy bridge. No pier protection, bridge deck rode like crap and was full of patches, no emergency shoulders.

The design of the ark was useless...this was nearly design of san juanico bridge in leyte..which is better than key bridge..

Again ,I question the incident, why would they allow the ship to approach the bridge alone in the fist place without TUG BOAT ASSISTANCE ! When a ship losses power it loses all power and its dead in the water . Those TUGS could have easily guided the ship into the harbour. It was an accident looking to happen .