The unified command tasked to respond to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore said March 29 it has begun an engineering assessment for efforts to move the container ship Dali and bridge wreckage. But officials warned progress may be slow, as the Patapsco River and Port of Baltimore remain closed to shipping traffic.
One of the massive cranes removing the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has a long and colorful history starting with a Cold War nuclear sub recovery. In 2017, ENR’s Nadine Post penned a detailed article on the Chesapeake 1000 crane. See the article!