Public officials say Mass. bridges are safe after collapse in Baltimore

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is hoping to calm concerns about the state's infrastructure after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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[jaymoran]

Well hello, they are pretty safe until a big cargo ship hits it

[mackenzieblair]

If any of these Boston bridges were hit by a ship of the same mass going the same speed they'd be collapsing as well. It's not an engineering flaw and this is poor reporting insinuating otherwise.

[MurKJrps]

This is worded like it just collapsed on its own. It was hit by a massive cargo ship

[-Katastrophe]

Oh wow, so you tested them with a 190, 000 gt displacement ship impact? that was fast.

[kingokafor]

Why do they keep saying it collapsed? It was crashed into

[lofiDigitalArt]

Wtf they talking more about the bridge not being up to code but never talked about the ship why it happened what caused the ship to crash into the bridge.. the bridge failed because a big tone ship hit the concrete it must hit it hard for it to giveway

[LiveLaughLoveGangCEO]

how much did the cargo ship company pay yall to say it was an engineering failure and not the ships fault lmao

[VanillasteaGorl]

That thing collapsed like a toothpick tower!! RIP to all the victims!! This is horrific!! 😔😭

[americaawesome]

look all those bridges are safe as long as 100, 000, 000, 000 ton ship doesn’t hit the support beams !

[YELLTELL]

U SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE VERY OUTDATED POWER GRIDS EVERYWHERE!
AND THE OLD BRIDGES, GASLINES, WATERLINES ETC
BUT THE POWER IS KING PROBLEM

[cowboycasserole]

Concrete columns or a sand bar around the support columns would be cost efficient to prevent a similar event.

[ethan]

As an American, and for the love of all that is good, please don’t tell that a bridge collapse in Baltimore(caused by a container ship) made anyone worry about spontaneous bridge failure in Boston…

[alphajam]

I don't understand the mentality of blaming the bridge. The ship and crew failed, crashing it into the Francis Scott Key, causing it to collapse. If a driver slams into a telephone pole and snaps it in half we don't blame the pole.

[eugenedavis]

Why all the time it have to an accident like this to occur for anyone to do something?

[kennethsonier]

The Baltimore bridge was hit by a several hundred thousand ton ship, it didn't just collapse. I take this as a forewarning of things to come.

[joshuabrooks]

Massachusetts bridges safe after a Maryland bridge collapses? Democracy at its dumbest!

[onerichzoejulien]

Why do we need to know this? 🤔if a bridge collapses in Mass consider this a forewarning

[spencert]

Why does this feel like saying “that would never happen here our buildings are safe and up to code” right after 9/11. I don’t think maintenance was the big issue.

[PaulHarris-slct]

24 hours ago those same officials said that the collapsed bridge was safe too

[Robert-lc]

Why were there no Dolphine fin protective beariers in place for protection against ship