The 700-foot-wide and 50-foot-deep channel reopened for commercial use after being closed for more than 11 weeks.
, killing six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time and leaving debris in the water.
The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge lay on top of the container ship Dali, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Baltimore. Washington PostThe closure has reportedly cost the Baltimore region $1.2 billion, a figure that takes into account lost revenue and the spending on clearing the channel itself. At the time of the bridge collapse, the Port of Baltimore was one of thein the country, seeing 850,000 vehicles annually and was the busiest port for automobiles on the East Coast.
Multiple government agencies were involved in the cleanup, including 56 federal, state, and local agencies, which included about 500 specialists, operating 18 barges, 22 tugboats, 13 floating cranes, 10 excavators, and four survey boats. Explosive charges are detonated to bring down sections of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge resting on the container ship Dali on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Baltimore.
“I cannot overstate how proud I am of our team,” Col. Estee Pinchasin, Baltimore district commander for the Army Corps of Engineers, said. “It was incredible seeing so many people from different parts of our government, from around our country and all over the world, come together in the Unified Command and accomplish so much in this amount of time.”
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