Baltimore bridge collapse timeline: What happened before, during and after

RIP to those hard working men, who were probably just providing for their families.

Poor construction workers :(

Thank God it was in the middle of the night. If it had happened at rush hour there could have been a huge loss of life. I am so sorry for the families of the victims.

RIP to the 6 construction workers who lost their lives. Thoughts and prayers going out to the families. 🙏 💕

The size of that ship doesnt do just how big that bridge was justice. It's incredible anyone was able to survive a fall that high up.

I’m from Baltimore and travel the bridge on a regular basis. SHA just redid all the roads leading up to the bridge and removed all the old toll boothes. It’s been a few years now, but like new. The bridge itself seemed like it was in decent shape, showing its age a little, but I was never afraid to drive across it. I’m also a boater and have passed underneath the bridge many times. You can tell that it was always being maintained etc. To me, having a 100,000 ton (or whatever weight) container ship with all that cargo collide with the support, would make any bridge crumble. Tragic event, my heart goes out to all personally impacted this and have lost a loved one.

Absolutely no way they are going to find the bridge construction or maintenance at fault. No bridge, no matter how well constructed, is able to withstand being hit by a 100 thousand ton of metal.

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Did he say rebuild the port?🤦🏾‍♂️ smh. Feel so bad for those families. That's why I get nervous crossing big bridges at night like that

Such a tragic event. Heart goes out to all the victims and the families. This is eerily similar to my home city Hobart where a cargo ship struck the bridge, sunk and vehicles drove off the severed section into the river. This was back in 1975, and it took 2.5 years to recover the bridge damages. As a result, the government mandated that traffic is halted each time a ship crosses beneath as a safety precaution. My prayers to Baltimore.

As a former architect student I remember the lesson about bridges so well.... Pure nightmare. So many calculations, and the professor always insisted that we have to use the max amount of weight that gives flexibility and duration to vibration etc. But when I see this metal/tell brigsed fell down while those 2000+ years bricks bridges still standing I wonder if we are learning things wrong.

Praying for the victims and their families and loved ones 🙏🏽🤲🏽😢❤

My heart goes out for the families of the hardworking men. May their souls rest in peace 🙏🏻 I hope the authorities could find the reason for the disaster soon to prevent this from happening ever again.

I think the blessing is that this happened at night, and not during rush hour.

Condolences to the Family from Fiji 🇫🇯

Why does the Port Authority of Baltimore allow a container vessel 300 meters long, almost 50 meters wide and loaded with 10,000 containers to sail along the port's exit channel without being supported by at least 2 or 3 tugboats until open sea to avoid emergency situations, and even more so with the obstacle of a bridge built in the 70s designed for navigation at that time when there were no ships with the large dimensions that exist today?

So there were no cars on the bridge only the construction workers? May their souls rest in peace.

Wow. Heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹. Prayers for the families