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A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday morning, sending multiple vehicles into the water.
At about 1.30am, a vessel crashed into the bridge, catching fire before sinking and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below, according to a video posted on X.
“All lanes closed both directions for incident on I-695 Key Bridge. Traffic is being detoured,” the Maryland Transportation Authority posted on X.
Matthew West, a petty officer first class for the coastguard in Baltimore, told the New York Times that the coastguard received a report of an impact at 1.27am ET. West said the Dali, a 948ft (29 metres) Singapore-flagged cargo ship, had hit the bridge, which is part of Interstate 695.
I saw this just now on goog-ul and the first thought was… two ships collided on the bridge? But ships don’t even drive on bridges!
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It’s gotta be the Dutch! It’s always the Dutch. I’ve also seen the one where the boat swings up on a rotating platform. Freaking Deutch.
Us, we live in the land of bridges made for cars only.
If you’re talking about what I think you’re talking about, that’s British.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
They’re a tricky lot, those ships.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigable_aqueduct
EDIT: Though for at least some of those, they’re smaller and the right term is probably “boat” than “ship”.