Officials are saying that the Baltimore bridge rebuild could take up to 10 years

Mar 31, 2024

Officials are saying that the Baltimore bridge rebuild could take up to 10 years

Mar 31, 2024

As cleanup and recovery efforts continue after a cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, officials now have to determine how to rebuild the bridge and the length of time it will take.

FOX Television Stations reached out to David Turner, a spokesperson for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, for comment. The bridge collapse along I-695 will create logistical problems for months, if not years, in the region, shutting down ship traffic at the Port of Baltimore, a major shipping hub. The accident will also jumble cargo and commuter traffic.

Construction on the bridge won’t be able to start until after the cleanup process starts, but it could take years and millions of dollars to restore.


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Benjamin Schafer, a professor of civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, told USA Today it could take a decade or longer to reconstruct.

And Sameh Badie, an engineering professor at George Washington University, tells the news outlet the cost of rebuilding the bridge will also depend on the new design.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge cost an estimated $110 million and took five years to build when it first opened in 1977. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters this week that it was too soon to determine how long construction will take until an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the condition of the bridge is completed.

Buttigieg also explained to reporters that roughly $950 million in emergency relief funds is available as part of a fund established by the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act but he couldn’t confirm the amount accessible for Baltimore’s recovery efforts, Forbes reported.

President Joe Biden plans to travel to Baltimore, and shared that he expects the federal government to pick up the entire cost of rebuilding the bridge, the Associated Press reported.

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