Francis Scott Key Bridge Hit by Container Ship

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Operations have now shifted from search and recovery to salvage.
Some haz mat containers breached.
Two of the missing people have been recovered. Four still missing.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Baltimore Bridge Rebuild to Cost Between $400 Million and Billions of Dollars​

Efforts to build a bridge where the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, stood until Tuesday are estimated to cost anywhere from $400 million to several billion dollars, according to reports.

Punchbowl News reports — citing sources from the Biden administration, Capitol Hill, and Annapolis — that the undertaking to replace the bridge, which collapsed after a cargo ship named Dali crashed into one of its pier foundations, will cost “several billion dollars.”

“Several sources estimated that the administration is going to ask Congress for more than $1 billion to respond to the crisis. Again, this assessment is still in the earliest stages and nothing has been decided upon yet,” noted Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman and co-founder John Bresnahan.

Reports: Baltimore Bridge Rebuild to Cost Between $400 Million and Billions of Dollars

Efforts to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore are estimated to cost as much as several billion dollars, per reports.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Tall Timbers]

Baltimore bridge: Massive US crane to haul wreckage after deadly collapse​

The largest crane on the eastern US seaboard is heading to Baltimore to launch a massive clean-up effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Shipments in and out of one of the country's busiest ports are suspended while the wreckage hangs over the cargo ship that crashed into it.

The search for the bodies of four workers remains on hold because of the dangers of diving amongst the wreckage.

Baltimore bridge: Massive US crane to haul wreckage after deadly collapse

The search for the bodies of four workers is on hold because of the dangers of diving among the debris.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Baby Yoda]

Two of the largest cranes in the country are now here to start moving debris, which is very heavy and sharp.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Salvage diving is hard and sometimes dangerous work, but very satisfying as stuff gets accomplished, and there's often some instant gratification when using cutting tools, torches, lift bags, and cranes
Bonus: civilian pay's good.

 

[Tall Timbers]

It’ll Take at Least a Decade and $2 Billion to Rebuild the Bridge​

The Associated Press reported Friday that rebuilding the bridge could take “anywhere from 18 months to several years,” according to experts. It pinned the price tag at $400 million “or more than twice that.”

If anything, those are lowball estimates. The original bridge took five years to build from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting. But the planning for the bridge began years before that. It cost $141 million back in the 1970s, the equivalent of $735 million today.

A conservative estimate for the time it is likely to take to clean up the disaster site and rebuild the bridge might be ten years, Benjamin Schafer, a professor of civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, told USA Today.

Breitbart Business Digest: It'll Take at Least a Decade and $2 Billion to Rebuild the Bridge

The job of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is going to take a lot longer than many people initially thought—and cost a lot more money.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Baby Yoda]

he Associated Press reported Friday that rebuilding the bridge could take “anywhere from 18 months to several years,” according to experts. It pinned the price tag at $400 million “or more than twice that.”

They are working on legislation to continue the workers' pay while rebuilding. Yesterday a brewery nearby held a fund raiser for the dock workers, something I think will be repeated many times in the coming months.

 

[pixelpusher]

It’ll Take at Least a Decade and $2 Billion to Rebuild the Bridge​

The Associated Press reported Friday that rebuilding the bridge could take “anywhere from 18 months to several years,” according to experts. It pinned the price tag at $400 million “or more than twice that.”

If anything, those are lowball estimates. The original bridge took five years to build from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting. But the planning for the bridge began years before that. It cost $141 million back in the 1970s, the equivalent of $735 million today.

A conservative estimate for the time it is likely to take to clean up the disaster site and rebuild the bridge might be ten years, Benjamin Schafer, a professor of civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, told USA Today.

Breitbart Business Digest: It'll Take at Least a Decade and $2 Billion to Rebuild the Bridge

The job of rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is going to take a lot longer than many people initially thought—and cost a lot more money.

www.breitbart.com

This seems crazy. When they replaced the Bonner Bridge across Oregon Inlet from 2016-2019, it was only a 3-year build, and ~250M for a 2.8 mile span. Although it was in planning for decades prior as they studied the old Bonner Bridge.

Hope those cranes get done with their work before hurricanes start.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

This seems crazy. When they replaced the Bonner Bridge across Oregon Inlet from 2016-2019, it was only a 3-year build, and ~250M for a 2.8 mile span. Although it was in planning for decades prior as they studied the old Bonner Bridge.

Hope those cranes get done with their work before hurricanes start.

It only took 14 months to get the collapsed bridge in Minnesota cleaned up and replaced (fast-track project), and it wasn't already in the planning stages when it collapsed. Although there was serious impact locally, in the national picture, the Francis Scott Key Bridge is far, far more important. It seems to me the clean-up and rebuild should be fast-tracked as a matter of national security. I'd hope to see the bridge open for business in less than two years, and 18 months would be a LOT better. If Americans won't work on the project, I bet there are a lot of migrants that would be happy to take high-paying jobs working on it.

The following article is from 2017, and the two bridges collapsed for differing reasons, but the article has interesting information about national bridge infrastructure.

Minnesota bridge collapse still reverberates 10 years later​

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Updated 9:23 AM CDT, July 30, 2017

Minnesota bridge collapse still reverberates 10 years later

Ten years ago this coming Tuesday, a bridge carrying a busy stretch of freeway collapsed without warning into the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis during the evening rush hour.

apnews.com

 

[Baby Yoda]

While visiting my dad at the hospital we watched some speeches made at the port and supposedly the removal of debris was to start today.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

Oklahoma Bridge Shut Down After Being Struck by Barge (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

A bridge near the Kerr Lock & Dam in Sallisaw, Oklahoma was shut down on Saturday after it was struck by a barge.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

What a coincidence!

 

[Armor of Light]

Oklahoma Bridge Shut Down After Being Struck by Barge (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

A bridge near the Kerr Lock & Dam in Sallisaw, Oklahoma was shut down on Saturday after it was struck by a barge.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

What a coincidence!

It's just another isolated incident (Glenn Beck)

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I don't believe in coincidences

 

[Baby Yoda]

Yesterday I read of another container ship where this just happened, not in the US. Now I can't find the article again.

 

[Batman]

I'm still leaning toward this being an awful accident but also still able to wait and see if it is truly something nefarious. I used to drive over that bridge a lot in the 90's and early 2000's. It's very sad and totally disheartening that suspicion of our govt and suspicion of outsiders has to be input into this and many other terrible events.

 

[Baby Yoda]

Interesting piece on it today over at Prophecy Update.

Before any significant investigation has been undertaken, the administration has stated that the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was not an act of terror. They may be correct. It may be an act of war.....

 

[Kem]

I grabbed this from prophecy update.
It is postulating that the bridge collision was not a coincidence.

Supply Chain Exploits

Guest Post by Visayas Outpost Good morning, Persons of Interest. We are not connecting enough dots it seems, in this fog of war. I refer of course to the Info War, the Total War, the Cognitive War…

www.theburningplatform.com

 

[Baby Yoda]

the bridge collision was not a coincidence.

No doubt in my mind.