A tragic ship collision caused the Key Bridge to collapse like a house of cards on March 26, 2024.
In the wee hours of a cold March morning, a large freighter, the Dali, lost power and steerage control and collided with a major support of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The collision occurred at 1:28 AM and caused the main supporting structure to fail and the bridge spans to, literally, fall apart.
Visit www.FSKBridge.com for more photos of the Key Bridge as it used to be. This hits “close to home” (as the saying goes) because we lived very close to this bridge for many, many years. I have personally been over the FSK Bridge hundreds of times and have sailed under it dozens and dozens of time. The skyline of Baltimore will never be the same.
This view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is from the South Baltimore Peninsula – looking east at sunrise with the bridge silhouetted against the golden sky of dawn.