New sonar images released by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers capture the sunken remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
The agency’s Baltimore District said photos provided by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command Salvage and Diving Supervisor show “a bridge at the deepest point of a federal shipping lane in and out of the Port of Baltimore and one of the Francis Scotts. The wreckage is visible in the photo.” Keybridge main support. ”
“The metal framework that extends above the waterline (blue line in some images) is currently scheduled to be removed by the end of April, creating a restricted access channel 35 feet deep and 280 feet wide,” it added. . “The restricted access channel allows marine tugs, Maritime Administration vessels, and large vessels used for roll-on/roll-off transportation to and from the Port of Baltimore.”
The Critical Bridge Response Unified Command continued Thursday to remove the damaged M/V Dali cargo ship that struck one of the bridge’s supports March 26, causing its collapse. .
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the image “shows the remains of a bridge in the deepest part of the federal Baltimore Port Shipping Channel and one of the main supports of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.” (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Last weekend, salvage crews began removing containers from the deck of a ship that ran aground in the Patapsco River.
On Friday, the body of a third construction worker killed in the collapse was discovered.
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Underwater ruins of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
“Tonight, Unified Forces announced that divers were able to bring one of the missing employees, Mayor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, home to his family,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. Ta. “It is comforting to know that we are one step closer to the end of this, but my heart is with all the families who are still anxiously waiting for their loved ones.”
Suazo-Sandoval was one of six people killed in the March 26 collapse. The other two recovered construction workers were identified as 35-year-old Alejandro Hernández Fuentes and 26-year-old Dorrian Lonial Castillo Cabrera.
On Friday, April 5, President Joe Biden aboard Marine One gave an aerial tour of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore from a companion aircraft. (AP/Manuel Balce Senator)
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Their bodies were found inside a submerged red pickup truck about 8 meters deep in the middle of the Patapsco River, FOX DC reported.
FOX News’ Luis Casiano contributed to this report.
