The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning has sparked debate on whether certain protective systems could have prevented the disaster. The Dali, a nearly ...

Seconds before the container ship Dali hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week and tore it down, killing six construction workers, it sailed past a structure designed to prevent that ...

(CNN) — Before its disastrous collapse last week, the Francis Scott Key Bridge served as an economically crucial gateway: thousands of container ships crossing from the Atlantic to Baltimore’s port ...

That year, a cargo vessel moving at about the same speed as the Dali hit the structure after losing control. But such ships were smaller then. By Mike Ives The massive cargo ship that lost control and ...

Not many bridges can take a direct hit from a 95,000-ton ship without crumbling, engineering experts agree. But they also say Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, if built today, might have stood a ...