Massive engineering task lies ahead after the Baltimore bridge collapse

The Frances Scott Key Bridge collapse has brought one of the nation's busiest ports to a standstill. NBC News' Tom Costello says clearing the debris and reopening the port is an immediate area of focus.

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[redfin]

We will hear about how this was a shock. Then we will hear about all the warnings given by inspectors that were ignored and how this was a completely avoidable disaster. Politicians will give speeches about funding infrastructure and how this can never happen again and in a week everyone will forget about this until it happens again. Repeat until the heat death of the universe.

[richardkempton]

File this headline under "No Sh$#"! Lol

[TheGiggleMasterP]

Yikes. I'm gonna come back to this next time I think I'm having a bad day.

[Teanageswitchquean]

Next time you feel like a failure, remember there’s a bar, and it’s currently at the bottom of a river in Maryland.

[davidzavala]

Here we go again, raising car prices. Now it looks on purpose.

[fredachildress]

That bridge was supposed to be lit up so that ships could see it at night. If it wasn't then that is the fault of the people whose job it was to make certain of having lights and have them on so that this kind of thing doesn't happen. There is plenty blame to go around. There will be lawsuits galore coming up really soon.

[ericpi]

Smokes and blackout right when the ship was approaching the bridge, huh?

[fredahunter]

The second person declined going to the hospital😮

[hansj.hobein]

Did the Habour Pilot take a day off ? As for lights, the ship has its own, but takes along time to steer or stop

[seasonsintheson]

There you go everybody, to reopen a port could take "some time."

[Thomas-mwi]

Joe probably gave the order to have that done

[OCDGamer]

Why does this show up when I search Ryan

[tomthum]

The Democrats are all congratulating each other on a job not done while people are still in cars at the bottom Of the ocean

[RDC_Autosports]

this is gonna take a looong time to remove and replace that thing

[drzaius]

"we have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian ocean" - joe biden
They have the right dementia patient for the job.

[billyyank]

Most bridges are in dire need of repairs/updating.

[MattTaormina-yk]

Looked like a pretty fragile bridge… no abutments? No forethought that this might someday be a possibility that a ship accidentally or even intentionally runs into the bridge seems a bit odd

[FranHoganPanama]

NBC, you've lost all credibility.

[iliakuzmin]

Англичанка и украинка два года ломала мост в крыму. А пьяный украинский капитай показал как работают професилналы... Спасибо... Обращайтесь к зеленскому, если не понравится золотой мост...

[DelenaLearns]

This feels like it should be in the infustructure bill.