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Bridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how

  • Written by Sherif El-Tawil, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
imageA cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people.AP Photo/Jackie Green

The MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge when leaving Baltimore harbor on March 26, 2024, causing a portion of the bridge to collapse.

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