BALTIMORE — The primary shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has totally resumed to its initial depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which obstructed most maritime traffic into the harbor.
Officials revealed the complete resuming in a news release Monday night. It comes after a enormous clean-up effort as teams eliminated an approximated 50,000 heaps of steel and concrete from the Patapsco River.
The channel was obstructed by wreckage of the fallen bridge, which collapsed after a container ship lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns, sendingout 6 members of a roadwork team plunging to their deaths. All of the victims were Latino immigrants working an overnight shift to fill pits on the bridge.
The Port of Baltimore, which procedures more vehicles and farm devices than any other in the nation, was efficiently closed for anumberof weeks while the wreckage was eliminated. Crews were able to resume parts of the deep-draft channel in stages, bringback some industrial traffic in current weeks.
On May 20, the stubborn freight ship Dali was refloated and directed back to port. The vessel hadactually been stuck inthemiddleof the wreckage for practically 2 months, with a huge steel truss curtained throughout its harmed bow.
After the Dali was moved, teams opened a channel that was 50 feet (15 meters) deep and 400 feet (122 meters) broad. The complete federal shipping channel is 700 feet (213 meters) broad, which indicates two-way traffic can resume, authorities sa