A second temporary waterway opened Tuesday at the site where a cargo ship crashed and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, last week, officials said.
The new channel is 14 feet deep. On Monday, two ships, a fuel barge and a scrap barge, passed through another temporary 11-foot-deep channel on the north side of the bridge.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said at a news conference that the center depth of the bridge is 50 feet, and large cargo ships carrying vehicles typically need to be at least 35 feet deep.
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Part of the giant container ship Dali from Singapore remains sunk amid the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge at the port of Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday. Crews are working to remove the bridge from the Patapsco River waters. (Caitlin Newman/Baltimore Banner, via AP)
Inclement weather has made it difficult to remove preserved portions of the bridge from the Patapsco River waters. Crews attempted to remove some sections on Monday, but lightning in the area prevented cranes from operating, delaying recovery efforts.
“It’s impossible to do that lift in lightning, and the circumstances make that lift difficult from a safety standpoint,” said Coast Guard Maj. Gen. Shannon Gilreath.
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A portion of the damaged and collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. (Caitlin Newman/Baltimore Banner, via AP)
Moore said crews were setting up buoys to help ships navigate the waterway in the rain Tuesday morning.
On March 26, a cargo ship in Dali collided with the bridge, which collapsed within seconds. Six construction workers working on the bridge were killed.
As of Tuesday, only two bodies had been recovered.
Six construction workers are estimated to have died in the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in Maryland. (AP/Steve Helber)
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Moore announced Tuesday that the state will create a scholarship for the families of transit workers killed on the job.
