Continuing Coverage and Updates on Key Bridge Response Efforts

Monday, June 10, 2024
UPDATE 36: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces full restoration of Baltimore's Fort McHenry Federal Channel

As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving today restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore.

 

Monday, June 10, 2024
UPDATE 35: Multimedia Release: Unified Command salvage crews continue work to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel
 
Unified Command salvage crews are diligently working to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel in the Port of Baltimore, with recent footage highlighting their progress as of June 5 and June 7, 2024. Colonel Estee S. Pinchasin, USACE, Baltimore District commander, expressed confidence in completing the restoration in the coming days, emphasizing their thorough process of debris clearance and meticulous surveying techniques to ensure safe navigation. The commitment to delivering a secure navigation channel for Baltimore and the Port remains the number one priority.

 

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

UPDATE 34: Multimedia Release: Unified Command salvage crews successfully remove final steel truss blocking the Fort McHenry Federal Channel
 
Salvage crews in Baltimore successfully removed the final large steel truss segment blocking the Fort McHenry Federal Channel, ten weeks after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Using various techniques including concrete breakers and underwater surveys, they cleared tons of debris to restore the channel to a width of 700 feet and a depth of 50 feet, enabling access for deep-draft commercial vessels to the Port of Baltimore. Full restoration of the channel is expected by June 8-10.