Crews are working to remove the first portion of Baltimore bridge wreckage – the starting point in a complicated, extensive cleanup process that could help open up a temporary channel to get more vessels into the water around the collapse site, officials said.
The US Coast Guard has opened a temporary channel for vessels involved in clearing debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said.
A 200-ton piece of the bridge was removed from the crash site on Sunday as crews continued to clear the debris from the bridge, which collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship last week.
US authorities working on the Baltimore bridge collapse have opened the first of two small, temporary channels to let ships access the site of the incident.
The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing a temporary, alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
US authorities working on the Baltimore bridge collapse told AFP on Monday that they plan to open two small, temporary channels to let ships access the
A temporary channel for essential commercial vessels is being prepared near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore as work continues to clear steel and debris from the collapse site.
Authorities working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore hope to be able to resume limited river traffic for priority vessels via a temporary channel.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing a temporary, alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said.
On Sunday, dive teams surveyed parts of the bridge and checked the ship, and workers in lifts used torches to cut above-water parts of the twisted steel superstructure.
Officials say the U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary alternate channel for vessels clearing debris at the site of the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Capt. David
BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing a temporary, alternate channel for commercially essential vessels near the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said.
Crews opened a second temporary channel on Tuesday allowing a limited amount of marine traffic to bypass the mangled wreckage of Baltimore's collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked the vital port's main shipping channel since its destruction one week ago.
BALTIMORE (AP) — A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis
Crews opened a second temporary channel on Tuesday allowing a limited amount of marine traffic to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked the vital port’s main shipping channel since its destruction one week ago.
Vessels trapped in the Port of Baltimore have begun to navigate a temporary channel cleared by the Coast Guard and state of Maryland after the Key Bridge collapsed last week.
The channels are open primarily to vessels involved in the cleanup effort after the bridge collapse, along with some barges and tugs that have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore.
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