• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Luckily this happened around 1:30 in the morning, because at rush hour that bridge is bumper to bumper and the death toll would be in the hundreds or even thousands.

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      8 months ago

      This is what I’m thinking.

      Its a genuine miracle that this is such a small death toll in a major city like this.

      One can hope this raises awareness to fracture critical (iirc the term?) bridges that are vulnerable to catastrophic failures

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        8 months ago

        I wonder if the death toll from having emergency services having to take a longer, more congested route will be higher than the actual accident. That bridge is the only way to cross the Patapsco south of Baltimore.

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          8 months ago

          I mean, you’re not wrong.
          IIRC the hospitals are not spread out in ideal locations for this scenario, and I can’t see Baltimore pulling an infrastructure miracle to compensate for the collapse any time soon.

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            8 months ago

            The traffic effects will be felt from Philadelphia to DC, so I imagine the feds will jump on this pretty quick. I think the biggest problem is that it’s a major bridge and the channel for a major port. Building a bridge without getting in the way of the shipping traffic is going to be complicated.

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              8 months ago

              And I’m positive there will be extensive containership proofing upgrades that will complicate the build further.