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by mannykannot
765 days ago
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While it is true that some protective elements existed, it is not as if this collision was a result of an unforeseeable chain of events that found a loophole in an otherwise impenetrable defense. Why were the dolphins placed so far apart, and the crushable barriers so close to the bridge piers? At some point, towers to support electric transmission lines across the channel were erected close to the bridge, and they were surrounded by barriers with a much greater radius (though I do not know if they are enough to stop the MV Dali, let alone the largest ships using the port.) https://maps.app.goo.gl/FQCsXqomTNHShzP67 Here are two other NY Times articles, one describing a collision in 1980 by a ship half the length and with about an order of magnitude less capacity than the Dali, and another comparing (unfavorably) the protection of the Francis Scott Key bridge with that around others. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/us/baltimore-bridge-ship-... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/27/us/key-bridge... |
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