The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Bmore just got hit by a ship & collapsed

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The bridge collapse happened three hours ago, there was an embargo on the major news sites reporting it as breaking news.

This was written 3-4 hours ago, it was only declared "breaking" news less than an hour ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/us/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-tuesday

It's one of, if not the most, busiest port bridge in the nation. This will fukk up the supply chain for years.

It'll take over a decade for it to be rebuilt. Add that to the recession and things are about to get a whole lot more grim.

That's why they ain't talking about it.

 

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Francis Scott Key Bridge Quick Facts:​

• Construction Dates: 1972 to March 1977
• Cost: $60.3 Million
• Location: I-695 outer-harbor crossing: 1.6 miles of 4-lane bridge structure (185 feet vertical clearance, 8.7 miles of approach roadways)
• Traffic Volume: 11.3 million vehicles

$60,300,000 in 1972 → 2024 | Inflation Calculator

The 3.96% inflation rate means $60,300,000 in 1972 is equivalent to $454,848,093.30 today. This inflation calculator uses the official US consumer price index published by the Department of Labor.

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it's gonna cost $2 billion minimum and 10+ years to replace.

anybody with a ferry is gonna print money for a few years.

disaster capitalism

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Jesus

That lawsuit is gonna be something SERIOUS

 

[null]

10 years seems a bit long.

a 5 mile long bridge in scandanavia took 5 years to build.

Øresund Bridge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

So far two people have been saved

 

[JP_614]

RIP ONE OF MY FEARS THATS WHY I HAVE A LIFE VEST IN MY CAR AND JUST GOT A WINDOW BREAKER

 

[chineebai]

Goddamn that shyt fell quick.

 

[Houston911]

Rip

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

If it had to happen the dead of night was the best time. Those last few trucks and cars to make it across were lucky as hell.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

So some damn foreigners did this smh

 

[RageKage]

America is falling.....

Highway Patrol: One dead, others injured in Highway 11 accident in Bethel​

Highway Patrol: One dead, others injured in Highway 11 accident in Bethel

The roadway was closed for several hours Monday night

www.witn.com

More evidence

 

[Mike_Pipeson]

MAERSK is about to get sued into oblivion

 

[Swirv]

In the long version of the stream, you can see the boat loses power right as it's nearing the bridge, so they might not have had the ability to course correct and when the power comes back on they're heading straight at the bridge.

Terrible tragedy for everyone involved.

 

[King Poetic]

Every time I go to New Orleans and be on one those bridges, I literally be trying to go 80 miles per hour when i see ships

 

[Coco Loco]

This is terrible news to wake up to. I hope the injured or dead will be minimal but looking at that video, it doesn't seem promising