How long until Baltimore's Key Bridge is replaced? Experts say it may be done sooner than expected

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and its collapse will continue to hamper supply routes nationwide. Until this week, it was the second-longest continuous truss bridge in the United States.
    7News spoke to experts on when commuters could expect a replacement bridge.
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Komentáře • 452

  • @RevTox
    @RevTox Před 5 měsíci +53

    The Ship company and its insurance should pay for the bridge in full. Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for it twice.

    • @Turboy65
      @Turboy65 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Let's wait until we know where the fault REALLY lies.

    • @briangasser973
      @briangasser973 Před 5 měsíci +9

      No insurance policy is going to cover a $600M bridge.

    • @Dtuba15
      @Dtuba15 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I think the White House already is already granting 50 million to reconstruction. If it’s from fema or another program like that than that makes sense. But I’m not sure where that’s coming from. (Im all for cutting back on spending) but I think the funds allocated from a specific source (someone please correct me if I’m wrong)

    • @alfred-vz8ti
      @alfred-vz8ti Před 5 měsíci +4

      the company will go bankrupt, the insurance will refuse to pay because of criminal negligence of ship company, and commuters will have to use a ferry boat.

    • @VanillaMacaron551
      @VanillaMacaron551 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@briangasser973 Well honestly it should and I don't see why not. This is why insurers run off and get secondary backing themselves via big guys like Lloyds of London.

  • @dikoman516
    @dikoman516 Před 5 měsíci +58

    The supply chain can be restored as soon as the pathway is cleared. The construction of new bridge should not affect the supply chain.

    • @jaysky2000
      @jaysky2000 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @dikoman516 Yes! The port is still there!

    • @sweepingdenver
      @sweepingdenver Před 5 měsíci +2

      Yeah that distinction was handled incredibly poorly in this clip.

    • @paulhare662
      @paulhare662 Před 5 měsíci +1

      But, it will cause hundreds of thousands of extra miles driven creating co2 which will raise sea level and flood Baltimore.

    • @willythemailboy2
      @willythemailboy2 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@paulhare662 laughably small in comparison to the situation in the Red Sea right now. It takes about a million dollars worth of fuel to go the long way vs through the Suez Canal.
      The two tunnels available for alternate routing should take some of that traffic rather than going all the way around.

    • @tonyatgoogle6076
      @tonyatgoogle6076 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Exactly, clear the debris and ships can move through it. This report is so dumb.

  • @tkyap2524
    @tkyap2524 Před 5 měsíci +66

    It's not the end of the world. Rebuild a better one. Technology is better now. Wish Baltimore well.

    • @justinhafner259
      @justinhafner259 Před 5 měsíci +7

      I agree but as a local that was our beautiful bridge.
      We just need time.

    • @freekfaro5606
      @freekfaro5606 Před 5 měsíci

      Technology was better when the new Tampa bay bridge was built. How many decades ago was that?

    • @ImpendingJoker
      @ImpendingJoker Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@freekfaro5606 Right but this bridge was built before the original Skyway bridge, and after that accident the Key bridge was never updated with better protection. Tampa got a new bridge, and Baltimore did nothing to protect their existing one. I'm sure "cost" was the biggest reason for not doing it but, if they'd of spent a few million in the 80's, they might not have to be paying 100's of millions up to maybe a billion now.

    • @freekfaro5606
      @freekfaro5606 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ImpendingJoker exactly. And I hear so often, even from Buttigiec: no one could have predicted! You can predict what's going in and out of Baltimore port. Certainly the bean counters at the Port Authority know what's going in and out and can make predictions too, if only because a berth for a cargo or container ship has to be booked in advance.
      Same goes for the bridge itself. No one would have predicted the amount, intensity and sort of traffic that's going over the bridge now. But you can count and predict it. I sure hope the bridge, especially the steel parts of it, were regularly inspected not only for corrosion, but also for stress cracks.

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ImpendingJoker " if they'd of spent a few million in the 80's, they might not have to be paying 100's of millions up to maybe a billion now."
      Isn't that the slogan for the United States these days?

  • @tinetannies4637
    @tinetannies4637 Před 5 měsíci +21

    *Prediction: Every business -- whether affected by this or not -- will jack up prices and blame it on "supply disruptions".*

  • @randolm7698
    @randolm7698 Před 5 měsíci +28

    '2 to 3 years' - 'Wow, that's super fast!'.... I'm guessing the people-industries that used that bridge would disagree about that being 'super fast'.

    • @tommytomtom5531
      @tommytomtom5531 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Depends on which end of the whip you are on.

    • @Daywalker_27
      @Daywalker_27 Před 5 měsíci +1

      What would be an expectable time to build a bridge that should withstand +30k vehicles a day?

    • @HustleTownUSA69th
      @HustleTownUSA69th Před 5 měsíci +6

      That’s how long it took here in Houston to build our cable ship channel bridge. 2 yrs

    • @casadilla111
      @casadilla111 Před 5 měsíci +2

      For sure, but to be fair if they re-built it in six months to a year it wouldn’t take a freighter to bring it down again.

    • @blolee-gc1sr
      @blolee-gc1sr Před 5 měsíci +1

      only 7 days for china.

  • @DavidJohnson-tv2nn
    @DavidJohnson-tv2nn Před 5 měsíci +35

    @ 1:56 Notice the excellent pier protection around the main piers of the Sunshine Skyway bridge.

    • @CrispyOkra
      @CrispyOkra Před 5 měsíci +4

      Crazy enough, on May 9, 1980, the storm-blinded Summit Venture freighter slammed into the support columns of the old Sunshine Skyway bridge. A 1,200-foot span of the bridge collapsed into the water below.

    • @ferdburful6352
      @ferdburful6352 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Sure. But that was installed after a ship hit that bridge and took it down

    • @DavidJohnson-tv2nn
      @DavidJohnson-tv2nn Před 5 měsíci +4

      @@ferdburful6352 Exactly. Unfortunately, lessons weren't learned. Because here we go again with another disaster in Baltimore.

    • @borderite88
      @borderite88 Před 5 měsíci

      Not just the towers but all ramps are as well!

    • @jackburton7062
      @jackburton7062 Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@DavidJohnson-tv2nnall the major bridges around me were retrofited years ago. Im guessing this was a budget issue that the corrupt politicians didn't want to fund.

  • @mikesperanza6794
    @mikesperanza6794 Před 5 měsíci +16

    “You can build a thousand bridges, but if one of them falls down, that’s all they remember you for !” old engineering saying!

    • @saludanite
      @saludanite Před 5 měsíci +1

      Depends on the importance of the ONE that fell...

    • @mikesperanza6794
      @mikesperanza6794 Před 5 měsíci

      @@saludanite ….. and whose fault it was!

  • @parttimetourist
    @parttimetourist Před 5 měsíci +8

    I am a Bridge Builder/ Engineer and from what I have seen there is no solid abutment and reinforced wall structure which might have saved the collapse of the bridge
    The thin pillar arrangement offers little resistance against lateral movement causing the collapse

    • @Rimrock300
      @Rimrock300 Před 5 měsíci +2

      50 years old. Better standards today

  • @funkyfinnegan
    @funkyfinnegan Před 5 měsíci +8

    We built a new 2.1 mile cable stay bridge in Montreal. It was finished in 2019, took 4 years and cost $400 million.

  • @philipgrice1026
    @philipgrice1026 Před 5 měsíci +14

    Building a new bridge is not as important as getting the old collapsed one removed quickly so the port can reopen. Vehicular traffic has alternative routes. The ships don't!

    • @Skidderoperator
      @Skidderoperator Před 5 měsíci +4

      Lotta layoffs at the port & trucking businesses.

    • @CantonBn
      @CantonBn Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@Skidderoperator hardly any layoffs are expected. The channel and bride remnants will be cleared in three to four weeks. In the meantime most port workers will be moved temporarily to Port Elisabeth and to Norfolk, both of which have excess capacity

    • @Skidderoperator
      @Skidderoperator Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@AnX8765 The dead are sandwiched between fallen roadbed and iron, they say.

    • @mrcoz1764
      @mrcoz1764 Před 5 měsíci

      They can be rerouted to Virginia,,the port there is clear

  • @jimfesta8981
    @jimfesta8981 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Don't be surprised when the bridge that is rebuilt is no longer named the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

    • @davidcolwell614
      @davidcolwell614 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Not unless Francis Scott Key was an African American lesbian.

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci

      It's gonna name after a demcrap politician with all the boxes checked...

    • @kirkbradford5765
      @kirkbradford5765 Před 5 měsíci

      EXACTLY!!

    • @jackm6593
      @jackm6593 Před 5 měsíci

      Kind of a bad omen tbh. Like naming your new ship the Titanic.

    • @jimfesta8981
      @jimfesta8981 Před 5 měsíci

      @@jackm6593 Not really. The U.S. Navy renamed the second aircraft carrier the USS Hornet after the first one was sunk by the Japanese. Won several battle stars and is tied up in Alameda, CA.

  • @nancyreid1433
    @nancyreid1433 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Nobody passed legislation to help the people affected by chemicals from train derailment in Ohio
    Fed ignored. If dont help one dont help other.

  • @JohnCzarnyJr
    @JohnCzarnyJr Před 5 měsíci +11

    I agree. A cable stay with pier protection is a good replacement.

    • @borderite88
      @borderite88 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Vancouver just replaced their port Mann bridge, similar arch design from 1965 with a new cable stayed bridge, part of the trans Canada hwy. Along with the Alex Frasier and Golden Ears as cable stayed bridges

    • @limwiching2277
      @limwiching2277 Před 5 měsíci

      Immersed tunnel more better.

    • @norman7179
      @norman7179 Před 4 měsíci

      @@limwiching2277
      What about tanker trucks and hazardous materials ?
      Those are not allowed in tunnels.

  • @_Boregard_Rippy_
    @_Boregard_Rippy_ Před 5 měsíci +6

    .. it was only servicing 35,000 vehicles a day so a low priority to replace IMO ...!

  • @johngalt1967
    @johngalt1967 Před 5 měsíci +11

    my guess is at least 5 years

  • @floridasaltlife
    @floridasaltlife Před 5 měsíci +15

    Don't get too excited, it just took 2 years to repaint the Sky Way cables here in Tampa.

    • @dknowles60
      @dknowles60 Před 5 měsíci +1

      and the tampa bridge over 3 times biger and none union labor,= red state Maryland a lot smaller bridge union labor blue state 4 years

    • @maxB2262
      @maxB2262 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@dknowles60 union iron strong

  • @iamyoda7917
    @iamyoda7917 Před 5 měsíci +29

    5 years of planning, 5 more years of construction, and 100% over budget. Job will be well done.

    • @billy.7113
      @billy.7113 Před 5 měsíci

      Biden can call Xi. A new bridge will be Made in China and shipped to Baltimore in 12 months. 😀😂

    • @what9621
      @what9621 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Oh oh, dont forget kickbacks.

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci +2

      You forget about the 5 years to remove the bridge debris.

  • @thomaspowers5486
    @thomaspowers5486 Před 5 měsíci +5

    The Ambassador Bridge, a suspension bridge which spans the Detroit River and connects Michigan to Canada, was constructed in 2 years, from 1927 through 1929. The Gordie Howe Bridge, a cable stay bridge, which also spans the Detroit River, is under construction and near completion.

    • @dfirth224
      @dfirth224 Před 5 měsíci

      There are CZcams videos of the Gordie Howe construction progress.

    • @jamesadams893
      @jamesadams893 Před 5 měsíci

      Are you saying the Howe Bridge under construction and near completion was started in 1929. Wow that is fast to put up a bridge

  • @siamcharm7904
    @siamcharm7904 Před 5 měsíci +5

    if you want top quality in half the time and cost, call china. no one does bridges like cn.

    • @MarcABrown-tt1fp
      @MarcABrown-tt1fp Před 5 měsíci

      AHAHAHAHAH! Nice joke, what's next? Hire China to build apartments out of soda cans and glass bottles? X-D

  • @ricklord7144
    @ricklord7144 Před 5 měsíci +3

    A dollar to a donut says the pliers I ordered on Amazon are in one of those shipping containers!! Great!

    • @ricklord7144
      @ricklord7144 Před 5 měsíci

      @@AnX8765 Surely you know I jest! Just said to make a point! This insane catastrophe will no doubt cost all of us, big time!!!

  • @mahadaalvi
    @mahadaalvi Před 5 měsíci +6

    I’d prefer a more structurally sound and future proof bridge over a quickly constructed one.

    • @VanillaMacaron551
      @VanillaMacaron551 Před 5 měsíci

      I don't know Baltimore but maybe they should move the port? A hundred years ago, ships came right into wharves in what is now the central business district of Brisbane (Queensland, Australia). I guess as ships got bigger, they moved the docks further out, closer to Moreton Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Big cruise liners now dock at Hamilton (after coming under the Gateway bridges) and a massive new port has been built (mostly on reclaimed land) for cargo out near the river mouth. Thus cargo ships don't go under any bridges coming into the Port of Brisbane.

  • @bargdaffy1535
    @bargdaffy1535 Před 5 měsíci

    I live by the Skyway Bridge in St. Pete, it took forever. The new bridge took five years to build, was 19 months late and ran $20 million over budget when it opened in 1987.

  • @sspp3065
    @sspp3065 Před 5 měsíci +4

    So what your saying is we can build a super structured bridge faster than we can add 2 lanes of highway for 10 miles.I will believe it when I see it,or is it a case of milking the clock for regular road improvements.

    • @rectorkirk1158
      @rectorkirk1158 Před 5 měsíci

      Not niw a days. All the metal comes from china

  • @lakerskid2013
    @lakerskid2013 Před 5 měsíci +2

    That is very possible it can be done in 2 years with a new bridge and it being designed like the one in Tampa. Although the bridge collapse in Minneapolis was under different circumstances, that took them 2 years to replace the one they have now so it is possible that it could be done in that amount of time.

    • @WesB1972
      @WesB1972 Před 4 měsíci

      You must be smoking weed. It 7 years to design and build a new bridge over Tampa Bay.

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Před 4 měsíci

      @@WesB1972 I don’t smoke, never have and never will so terrible assumption right there. If the design is closer to that one then I would say 3-4 years. There have been too many advances in technology since then for this new Francis Scott Key Bridge to take anything more than 5 years to get done. The design after the cleanup will really determine how long it takes for a new bridge to come up.

  • @nancyvalentine7180
    @nancyvalentine7180 Před 5 měsíci +11

    NO ONE EVER USED THE WORDS.....SAFETY....THAT'S THE KEY FOR THE "KEY" BRIDGE!

    • @brianhawkins
      @brianhawkins Před 5 měsíci

      Why does it even need to be said?

  • @oliver9089
    @oliver9089 Před 5 měsíci +19

    This is definitely a site for a cable stay bridge, but 2 years would be a miracle. The government is involved. 5 years absolute minimum, probably closer to 10.

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 Před 5 měsíci +2

      💯💯👍👍

    • @kosycat1
      @kosycat1 Před 5 měsíci +1

      No way they are going to let it drag on for 10 years

    • @redstonerelic
      @redstonerelic Před 5 měsíci +2

      You can do things surprisingly fast when you have the money to do it.

    • @kingy002
      @kingy002 Před 5 měsíci +1

      And you credentials are for making such sweeping statements???

    • @oliver9089
      @oliver9089 Před 5 měsíci

      @kingy002 I actually do. And the fastest concept to completion balance cantilever construction method I've ever seen was about 10 years. In this case, being an election year, Biden will probably announce funding in the next few weeks. But it won't actually exist, and there will be years of consulting along with demolition of existing parts before anyone starts even tendering out. Ideally a design-build contractor to speed it up a little. But more likely a P3 because the funding will flop after the election and the government will have to get another toll bridge built.

  • @boondoggle4820
    @boondoggle4820 Před 5 měsíci +9

    My guess is that they’ll have the port open for cargo ships in no more than two months. I think it’ll take at least five years to build a new bridge.

  • @chaspfrank
    @chaspfrank Před 5 měsíci +5

    3 years is a pipe dream. 1 year for design, engineering and test boring for new piers and dolphins (during which the old span can be completely removed; at least 6 months to get contracts in place and arrange for all of the lift (cranes) needed to build; another year for materials sourcing, initial fabrication plus locating and fitting out all of the required staging locations, and; 2 to 3 years for construction. 5 years would be a pretty realistic schedule. Keep in mind there are still other considerations: Can they use the existing approach spans and piers, considering they are now close to 50 years old? Or do you have to build new from shoreline to shoreline? If that is the case, you are talking about a total of about 8500 feet of new bridge construction plus possibly re-alignment of I-695 at either end. There a quite a few complicated decisions that need to be made very quickly, the first being who is going to be the lead agency in charge. So all things considered, my money is on 5 years.

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci

      Thank god to the good old American union...

  • @ls4085
    @ls4085 Před 4 měsíci

    A stay cable bridge should be the most reasonable option. Faster construction, more span length. The biggest key should be how long the budgeting and designing take. Sunshine Skyway Bridge took 3 years until construction start and another 4 years for construction.

  • @billymacktexasdetective5827
    @billymacktexasdetective5827 Před 5 měsíci +2

    That's interesting. Paul W. Smith had a guest on his show today that said the auto industry WOULDN'T be affected by this.
    Who is correct?

    • @jaysky2000
      @jaysky2000 Před 5 měsíci

      @billymacktexasdetective5827 The bridge is gone so vehicular traffic is affected. They'll have to find new routes. But the port is still there. Once they clear the debris the ships can come through again.

  • @DADDYO3
    @DADDYO3 Před 5 měsíci +10

    Why do they keep saying that the Key bridge collapsed. It didn't collapse. It was knocked down by a large boat. sheesh.

  • @MrJerrad79
    @MrJerrad79 Před 5 měsíci +16

    While the world is distracted watching this....what is slipping under the radar elsewhere?

    • @nicksalgado22
      @nicksalgado22 Před 5 měsíci +8

      Everything is a distraction. Like shit happens. All the time. Like seek help. U need it

    • @craftingretired
      @craftingretired Před 5 měsíci +1

      Trump😂

    • @samuelw.3992
      @samuelw.3992 Před 5 měsíci

      Your not wrong man

  • @charcushman9507
    @charcushman9507 Před 5 měsíci +14

    They are stuupid to not be using TUG BOATS.

    • @borderite88
      @borderite88 Před 5 měsíci +4

      In another video they disengaged as the ship picked up speed. If they stayed any longer at that pace, chances are they could have been dragged by the ship itself.

  • @user-je7ih1wo9c
    @user-je7ih1wo9c Před 5 měsíci +1

    They built a new bridge in Australia in 6 months.

  • @Phantom1963
    @Phantom1963 Před 5 měsíci +1

    After the cleanup, probably about 6 to 8 weeks....

  • @CreamyBone
    @CreamyBone Před 5 měsíci +2

    Trucks that carry loads not allowed in tunnels can still take the west side of the beltway? --- I'd think that once the debris is cleared and the port reopened, things could return to pretty close to normal

    • @justinhafner259
      @justinhafner259 Před 5 měsíci

      Except for the traffic here, it's a nightmare now. I leave much earlier to go in and come home.

  • @norman7179
    @norman7179 Před 4 měsíci

    I hope they add two more lanes in each direction to accommodate future traffic loads.

  • @scottkozel1519
    @scottkozel1519 Před 4 měsíci

    It doesn't need more than 4 lanes, AADT has been flat at about 31,000 since 2006.
    The latest bridges over major shipping channels are in the 215 foot vertical clearance range. That is 30 feet more the FSKB. A bridge like that would about 2 miles long to meet that profile, and with shallower grades maybe 2.2 or 2.4 miles.
    Costwise a 4-lane tunnel would be likely less than such a bridge. Tunnel approaches and causeways were built in the early 1970s. They would need to build a 6,200 foot long tunnel and open approaches.
    My solution would be a tunnel as on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and I-664 Bridge-Tunnel.
    No bridge over the shipping channel.

  • @DP-hy4vh
    @DP-hy4vh Před 5 měsíci

    The new bridge should be a suspension bridge like the Golden Gate or Mackinac Bridge. A cable stay still has the same defect as the old bridge; two concrete columns that can be knocked down. A suspension bridge's towers can be spaced far apart and leave plenty of extra room for ship traffic.

    • @scottkozel1519
      @scottkozel1519 Před 4 měsíci

      A suspension bridge's towers can still be hit and destroyed by a huge ship.

  • @michaelm1436
    @michaelm1436 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I was waiting for all the hype about people having trouble getting goods. Another gimmick to raise prices even more. Clear the existing bridge and water way is open again. All ports are back to normal. So stop the bull shit.

  • @ferdburful6352
    @ferdburful6352 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Some have mentioned the skyway bridge near Tampa. I believe this was hit and collapsed in 1980 killing 35.

  • @thomaslanders2073
    @thomaslanders2073 Před 5 měsíci

    The US is an industrial pipsqueak today. The fact that it would take 3 years to build a simple bridge like this is evidence of the fact. 🙄

  • @langstonholland9272
    @langstonholland9272 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The Skyway bridge isn't in Tampa.

  • @markdanielczyk944
    @markdanielczyk944 Před 5 měsíci

    Hopefully the reconstruction will be done properly. When things are rushed, quality suffers.

  • @leunam3434
    @leunam3434 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Without red tape the bridge can be rebuilt in 8 months but pre-fabricated in China.

  • @cactusyaya
    @cactusyaya Před 5 měsíci +1

    2-3 years is very optimistic I see it more like two billion with the cost over-runs taking one year for engineering and fabrication and permits with the project running 3-5 years.

    • @bob80q
      @bob80q Před 5 měsíci

      Optimistic for sure, 3-4 Billion is more realistic

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Před 5 měsíci

      The next closest thing we’ve had as far as a major bridge collapse is the one from Minneapolis in 2007. Now granted it was nothing like this one in Baltimore in terms of circumstances, length, etc but I do think that is something to keep in mind on how anything is possible. I know there would be much more to build as far as this replacement versus the one there but that took them 2 years as well so it could be a possibility at least.

    • @bob80q
      @bob80q Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@lakerskid2013 you obviously forgot the Sunshine Skyway

    • @lakerskid2013
      @lakerskid2013 Před 5 měsíci

      @@bob80q I’m talking about as far as anything recent but I do know about that one too. They’re going to have to build the replacement similar to that one

  • @donarrivas1675
    @donarrivas1675 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The cost of new replacing FSK bridge is set in the range of $1B USD, according to Loretta Warter, spokesperson of the Institute of the Insurance Media. Bruce Carnegie Brown, Chair of the Lloyd's, said that he would be surprised if the whole incident would cost less than few billions of dollars. Analyst Brenden Holmes of Moody said that there are about 80 diff insurance companies cover $3B USD for the owner of Dali while Barclay's analysts believe that the final number would be in $3B USD.
    However, the Dali owner, Grace Ocean Private of Singapore, may be spared someway on the heavy cost due to the limited liability of the 1851 international law which says, the ocean merchant ship owner legal liability is limited on the value of the ship including the merchandises carrying onboard.

    • @bob80q
      @bob80q Před 5 měsíci +1

      You are off a few digits, I will be amazed if construction costs less than $3 Billion

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci

      Yeah, remember the BIG D1CK in Boston...@@bob80q

  • @verdebusterAP
    @verdebusterAP Před 5 měsíci +12

    its going to take months to clear the wreckage
    Those pieces thousands of tons and you both cranes and barges able handle such mass
    Then consider that port is active so trying to build while still allow ships to free move is another challenge in itself
    So its going to be a while

    • @dknowles60
      @dknowles60 Před 5 měsíci +2

      the one that goot knock down in Tapma Fl 3 times longer 3 times heaver apx 1 month, tampa also has port traffic

    • @dougr2665
      @dougr2665 Před 5 měsíci +2

      you all talk like you know something actually you don't ahahahaa

    • @Skidderoperator
      @Skidderoperator Před 5 měsíci +2

      The ruined bridge will be in china in a month. Bet.

    • @BSnicks
      @BSnicks Před 5 měsíci

      @@Skidderoperator Nah, it will be in India. Only India takes in scrap metal.

  • @sbrazwell42
    @sbrazwell42 Před 5 měsíci +18

    Maybe put some of those dolphins out there for protection

    • @joed3483
      @joed3483 Před 5 měsíci +7

      This is an underrated comment. After the collapse of the sunshine bridge the new bridge was given pylon collision protection in the form of cement dolphins and beach induction. I am not sure why the key bridge (and for that matter all bridges) was not retrofitted with this after the sunshine collapse. This was especially relevant given how that channel to and from Baltimore was so narrow. Honestly, if we fail to learn from accidents, we are doomed to repeat them. Pilots say that every item on their flight check lists are written in blood. This is also true about how our infrastructure contributes to disaster.

    • @turkN9NE
      @turkN9NE Před 5 měsíci +5

      key bridge didn't have dolphins because it was already too limited in space. this is what ive found

    • @seeharvester
      @seeharvester Před 5 měsíci +1

      I don't know about dolphins. Maybe whales. They're bigger.

    • @sbrazwell42
      @sbrazwell42 Před 5 měsíci

      @@turkN9NE
      Didnt know that..they will have to think if something else or this will repeat

    • @warchief9347
      @warchief9347 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@turkN9NEDolphins can clearly be seen at the Key Bridge at 1:10.

  • @WesB1972
    @WesB1972 Před 4 měsíci

    It took 7 years to design and build a new bridge over Tampa bay in the early 1980s.

  • @wmason1961
    @wmason1961 Před 4 měsíci

    Isn't there enough steel in the key bridge to rebuild the key bridge? If not, why not? What will happen to all that steel?

  • @georgeabermeth3682
    @georgeabermeth3682 Před 5 měsíci

    The FSK bridge has many similarities with the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 Před 5 měsíci

    An opportunity to make a positive from a negative.
    If the decision is to replace then a much more efficient structure could be utilized.
    The cleaning of the harbor water traffic lanes can be given top priority.
    Reroute planning must be instituted in interim period.
    Quality bridges by nature take a significant time frame from planning to fruition period.
    No construction techniques or materials are left out of consideration in planning phases.
    I’m sure a successful bridge builder could design a project suitable for the geologic requirements of the Patapsco River Harbor.
    Should a new Key Bridge be constructed ribbon cutting event certainly would be a very proud day for Baltimore and indeed all of the United States 🇺🇸 of America.

  • @CrispyOkra
    @CrispyOkra Před 5 měsíci +2

    This reporter clearly doesn't have a daily commute from one side to the other.

    • @whatever8282828
      @whatever8282828 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They're excited about the speed of it. It's gonna be years no matter what. Do you think the gov't will set up ferries there?

  • @Mike-s1r
    @Mike-s1r Před 5 měsíci +8

    A couple of years , it took five to build the old one

    • @dknowles60
      @dknowles60 Před 5 měsíci +1

      no 7 years

    • @bigpicturethinking5620
      @bigpicturethinking5620 Před 5 měsíci +4

      And that was before diversity and race impact studies had to be done before you could break ground.

    • @frankblangeard8865
      @frankblangeard8865 Před 5 měsíci

      Don't forget environmental impact statements and court battles with environmental groups. Without a doubt there is some kind of snail darter in these waters which is endangered. @@bigpicturethinking5620

    • @americangiant1003
      @americangiant1003 Před 5 měsíci

      @@bigpicturethinking5620Thank You Donald Trump and MAGA Idiot fan for crashing a thread that had noting to do with race. No wonder these often useful reaction/comment threads get hijacked by these trolls.

  • @Alwayslifted
    @Alwayslifted Před 5 měsíci +13

    took the 6 years to build cable bridge in boston and that is 60% the size of that bridge. The unions will milk it for every dime they can tons of cost overruns trust me it will take more like 6-8 years

    • @jamesricker3997
      @jamesricker3997 Před 5 měsíci +1

      They were in no rush to do it because the rest of the highway wasn't complete.

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci

      They gonna ask advise from the Union members who rebuild NYS Tappan Zee bridge...

  • @Mrfort
    @Mrfort Před 5 měsíci

    It looks as though MOST of the steel for the bridge could be reclaimed??

  • @kosycat1
    @kosycat1 Před 5 měsíci

    As somone who used that bridge twice a day for the last 3 years and thousands of times in my life. I don't think they should go rushing into building a new bridge.Although I do think they will get It done fast. 5 years seems realistic. I don't think they will let it drag on to 7-10 years. 30k cars doesn't sound like much but for Baltimore it is. During the day that bridge was bumper to bumper cars and trucks going 65 mph . If this happened during the day a hundred or more people would have been dead missing or injured. They do need to focus on clearing the shipping channel, and removing all the debris and finding the two missing people. I thin it was a good cal lto not wait around to much and putting divers at risk. I don't want to say i knew this was going to happen but i always knew it was a reality and thought of it offen going over it and the bay bridges i also have to go over every day. I liked the key bridge man. it was a nice route away from the city and was one of the highlites of my drive. I liked it better than the bay bridges which are constantly filled wth traffic. You could sometimes get a moment of peace up there in the otherwise very stressful cumte plain. The 895 tunnel is not really in the best shape either,and they never removed the toll lanes so its going to get quite backed up. the first few days were not so bad,even with heavy rain but we will see.I may get a new job

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I can get a combination pizza in 15 minutes. Don't you just have a extra bridge laying around that nobody wants.
    Maybe some cold beer.

  • @JasonK1982
    @JasonK1982 Před 5 měsíci +1

    It’ll take 5-10yrs

  • @joeltender5181
    @joeltender5181 Před 5 měsíci

    And the fact that cargo ships have multiple failsafes incase of power loss. To help steer and a generator to maintain some electrical.

  • @norman7179
    @norman7179 Před 4 měsíci

    Remember when we had plenty of steel mills in the U S ?

  • @wulung5943
    @wulung5943 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Should not take more than 6 months with China speed to replace the bridge

  • @Mr58hawkeye
    @Mr58hawkeye Před 5 měsíci +1

    They should get the Amish to build it.. they could do it in 1 day

    • @jaysky2000
      @jaysky2000 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @Mr58hawkeye Did you hear that the Amish offered to build the southern border wall? I saw a video recently and he said they were willing to come from all over the country and could get it done in no time.

  • @289cobra9
    @289cobra9 Před 5 měsíci

    This is What build back better looks like!

  • @kovidswole2953
    @kovidswole2953 Před 5 měsíci

    People are STILL MISSING! That’s more important!

  • @jamesmurray8558
    @jamesmurray8558 Před 5 měsíci

    Was the Mothman near it?

  • @MrBluoct
    @MrBluoct Před 5 měsíci +1

    The entire now and expanding distribution warehouse infrastructure on the old Beth steel peninsula and the now stressed travel time studies

  • @nathanduckeorth806
    @nathanduckeorth806 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Won't take no time at all,as long you send some Union workers that are Skilled in bridge construction!

  • @stewatparkpark2933
    @stewatparkpark2933 Před 5 měsíci

    Tunnel ?

  • @deanvoss7098
    @deanvoss7098 Před 5 měsíci +1

    5 years from now it still will not be done...
    2 to 3 years 😂...

  • @Turboy65
    @Turboy65 Před 5 měsíci

    It'll be very interesting to see how quickly a bridge like this can be replaced if the industry applies maximum effort.

    • @rectorkirk1158
      @rectorkirk1158 Před 5 měsíci

      Unions applying maximum effort of builking the taxpayers.

    • @Turboy65
      @Turboy65 Před 5 měsíci

      @@rectorkirk1158 I'm certainly no fan of unions either. They suck. There was a time when they existed to keep employees from being exploited by the companies, but today it's gone way too far and unions exist to screw the companies and give the workers no incentive to EARN their paychecks.

  • @mrcoz1764
    @mrcoz1764 Před 5 měsíci

    Get those guys from Philly who fixed I 95 after the collapse in a week

    • @bob80q
      @bob80q Před 5 měsíci

      Interstates and bridges are two completely different projects, get a clue

  • @RussellPhillips-l4f
    @RussellPhillips-l4f Před 5 měsíci +1

    It took 5 years to build the bridge

  • @tarapadasarkar3108
    @tarapadasarkar3108 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Is steel industry in recession now? They will make money now.

  • @PECMS
    @PECMS Před 4 měsíci

    It should have redundancy on the cable system such as Dames Moore in Jax Fl will be better, although uglier

  • @jwboatdesigns
    @jwboatdesigns Před 5 měsíci

    I'd think that the harbourmasters staff will have already been on the phone to find the biggest crane barges on the East Coast and across the Atlantic in UK and further.

  • @HighlanDre4573
    @HighlanDre4573 Před 5 měsíci

    Everything never happens by accident, surely there are so many precedent negligence on the part of MV Dali vessel and technical organisation as a whole...

  • @Dark_Asteroid
    @Dark_Asteroid Před 5 měsíci

    Only a couple of years? Super neato!

  • @Campbell464
    @Campbell464 Před 5 měsíci

    Definitely 3 years aggressively to rebuild! But it’s a global necessity.

  • @user-ks1vr5hg5r
    @user-ks1vr5hg5r Před 5 měsíci

    Find out who had it destroyed

  • @michael-y5x2q
    @michael-y5x2q Před 5 měsíci +1

    deon't worry, biden will step in with duck tape and fix it,

  • @gorgar6059
    @gorgar6059 Před 5 měsíci

    W Polsce ekspertyzy urzędnicze, środowiskowe, konsultacje społeczne, audyty trwałyby 15 lat, a na koniec ogłoszono by przetarg publiczny "zaprojektuj i wybuduj" z terminem realizacji 12 miesięcy wraz z pozwoleniem na użytkowanie. A! I oczywiście w przetargu mieliby 1/3 potrzebnych pieniędzy.

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn Před 5 měsíci

    The original bridge cost $1.9B by today's money Im curious what the new bridge will cost.

    • @CantonBn
      @CantonBn Před 5 měsíci

      original bridge was budgeted 60 million and ultimately cost $110 million. That is about $500 million in today's dollars, not $1.9B. given steel has risen more than inflation and new building code, environmental regs tetc, you are looking at an estimated $900 ,million

  • @brian.7966
    @brian.7966 Před 5 měsíci

    take a couple of years ??? really that long.

  • @tmigmart
    @tmigmart Před 5 měsíci

    I didn't know that americans knew were their comodities came from????

  • @chunhchan
    @chunhchan Před 5 měsíci +2

    10 years later it will still be in the drawing board

    • @jmg8246
      @jmg8246 Před 5 měsíci

      You are totally wrong. They gonna finish the drawing in 9 year and 364 days...

  • @robertab929
    @robertab929 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Protection systems, like dolphins, should be installed around EXISTING BRIDGES on Chesapeake Bay and in places like Patapsco River in Baltimore.
    Also new Key Bridge should have these protections.
    Protection systems should be build exceeding today standards. Ships are getting bigger and bigger.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 Před 5 měsíci

    Would ya not put a tunnel through.. ffs

  • @gamesponge7176
    @gamesponge7176 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Will they pay for relocation if someone wants to move and work on bridge

  • @MoonDog991
    @MoonDog991 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Dude they take years to build a section of a highway, this will take like a decade or more.

    • @greg2976
      @greg2976 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Agree! They can put up a 40story skyscraper faster than they can build a 5 mile stretch of highway!!!!

  • @casey7057
    @casey7057 Před 5 měsíci

    Did they blame Russia and China for this?

  • @teekay_1
    @teekay_1 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Our state, federal government and supporting institutions are not up to the task of replacing this bridge quickly. You can count on 2 years of investigation, 2 years of arguing over what the new bridge should look like, and then the funding will disappear.

    • @ki5aok
      @ki5aok Před 5 měsíci +3

      I don't know. They got that I-35W bridge in Minneapolis rebuilt in about a year. In order to speed up the process on this one, they will need to reuse anything that wasn't damaged. This includes the approaches and any of the bridge still standing. The cable-stay bridge design they will use will look like all the other ones (Tampa, Houston, etc.) because they can really only go for one design. The column that was next to the truss bridge section that didn't get knocked out will need to come out as that is where you would put the new columns for the cable-stay section. This will widen the approach and add a level of safety (on top of the concrete dolphins and pier islands that need to be added). It's possible to be completed in two years, but that would mean no delays and a streamline process.

    • @ki5aok
      @ki5aok Před 5 měsíci +1

      @MrGriff305I guarantee it will have a large bonus for early completion.

  • @brucediamond8570
    @brucediamond8570 Před 5 měsíci

    How hell do we know how long it will take don't worry about it

  • @Xerdoz
    @Xerdoz Před 5 měsíci

    I can tell you exactly how long it takes. Until it's finished.

  • @peterrivney552
    @peterrivney552 Před 5 měsíci

    I need coal for my bar-b-que and what about car parts there hard enough as ut is to get them...

  • @thesage4729
    @thesage4729 Před 2 měsíci

    Guarantee the Chinese would have had the bridge rebuilt by now

  • @jamesmcmurray6871
    @jamesmcmurray6871 Před 5 měsíci

    Not as fast as it took you to take it down

  • @baynewmsn9892
    @baynewmsn9892 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Give me 14,000 dollars in plywood, 82,000 in Chicken wire, 141,000.00 in drywall and 1.6 million in cement!? I can have it done in 8 years!!

    • @FISHPOT77
      @FISHPOT77 Před 5 měsíci

      That's only one piece of plywood and two rolls of chicken wire. You must be good

    • @darthkillerhog
      @darthkillerhog Před 5 měsíci

      😂​@@FISHPOT77

  • @judynagle7435
    @judynagle7435 Před 5 měsíci

    buying local solves everything - keeps the waters cleaner too I'd imagine