News

Chesapeake Bay Bridge is safe despite NTSB vessel collision risk report, MDTA says
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge does not meet a modern risk threshold for vessel collisions according to the National ...
Is the Newport Bridge at risk of a vessel strike? What's being done to find out
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has responded to a letter from the National Transportation Safety Board ...
Newport’s Pell Bridge begins vulnerability assessment, as recommended for dozens of US bridges after Baltimore collapse
The bridge is among 68 nationwide - including Boston’s Tobin Bridge and Cape Cod’s Borne and Sagamore bridges - that do not ...
Land Line1h
Maryland officials say Bay Bridge is satisfactory
Maryland’s Bay Bridge was one of more than 60 bridges labeled as potentially unsafe. State transportation officials have responded.
Maryland unveils plan to shield Bay Bridge from ship strikes after NTSB criticism
An NTSB report states that the Bay Bridge—built in the 1950s and 1970s—is 30 times more vulnerable to vessel strikes than ...
Maryland Matters2d
State to consider short-, long-term solutions to protect Bay Bridge from catastrophic ship strikes
State transportation officials said they are working on strategies to protect the two bridges over the Chesapeake Bay ...
Fatal Pueblo train derailment likely caused by faulty welding, feds say
A massive coal train derailment near Pueblo that killed a truck driver after railcars collapsed a bridge and crashed onto Interstate 25 was likely caused by a welder using incorrect materials, ...
Dundalk Eagle3d
MDTA reassesses Bay Bridge following NTSB's urging
Following the National Transit Safety Board’s call for an updated safety assessment of the Bay Bridge last month, the ...
Key Bridge collapse: Dockworkers, Port of Baltimore look to the future one year after disaster
After the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, losses rippled for months as those who worked the docks and relied on port commerce struggled to adjust.
Transport Topics28d
NTSB Identifies 68 At-Risk Bridges in 19 States
The National Transportation Safety Board identified 68 bridges, including San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, that cross over oceangoing vessels that may collapse in 19 states if struck by ships.
USA Today18d
NTSB gives warning: These 8 Louisiana bridges are at higher risks for collapse
The National Transportation Safety Board's evaluation of vulnerable bridges, and the need to safeguard such bridges, comes as a result of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge following a ...