The main shipping channel into the Baltimore port was fully restored for commercial transit, after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The restoration follows a clean-up process that removed about 50,000 tons of bridge wreckage from the Patapsco River, allowing for the gradual reopening of the channel in the weeks since.
The bridge toppled in late March, after the cargo ship Dali crashed into the infrastructure, choking a major shipping artery intoThe Port of Baltimore processed a record 1.1 million containers and $80.8 billion in foreign cargo value last year, "We've cleared the Fort McHenry Federal Channel for safe transit. USACE will maintain this critical waterway as we have for the last 107 years," said Col. Estee Pinchasin, Baltimore District commander, in a statement.
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