Francis Scott Key Bridge (I-695) complete collapse after large ship hits it

[Chris]

I wonder if this design is different from the one released by the Coast Guard in November 2024?

https://homeport.uscg.mil/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=90657&Source=/Lists/Content/DispForm.aspx?ID=90657

[Plutonic Panda]

Will it be built with modern lane widths and shoulders? It'd be nice see a bike/pedestrian pathway but the cities should pay for that.

[Great Lakes Roads]

Will it be built with modern lane widths and shoulders?

Yes, it will be built with a 10-foot shoulder on the right and a 4-foot shoulder on the left.

[Henry]

https://x.com/HellgrenWJZ/status/1886826843174518900

This is surely going to be an elegant complement to the skyline! Someone even suggested lighting it up with the colors of its respective teams, and I think that would be a great idea to do so. And I like that it will be built to modern standards and have a wider navigation channel than the old bridge did, complete with massive dolphins to help prevent another MV Dali.

[jeffandnicole]

https://x.com/HellgrenWJZ/status/1886826843174518900

This is surely going to be an elegant complement to the skyline! Someone even suggested lighting it up with the colors of its respective teams, and I think that would be a great idea to do so. And I like that it will be built to modern standards and have a wider navigation channel than the old bridge did, complete with massive dolphins to help prevent another MV Dali.

Any lighting will likely be LED lighting which can be set to any color.

[Mr. Matté]

Whatever happened to all the needs for an EIS and increasing the length of time prior to construction if they weren't building exactly what was there before (as in the smaller truss, substandard four lanes no shoulders, etc)? Had that been waived by the feds? And with the completely different administration there now, wouldn't some of the prior promises made not necessary be kept?

[vdeane]

Whatever happened to all the needs for an EIS and increasing the length of time prior to construction if they weren't building exactly what was there before (as in the smaller truss, substandard four lanes no shoulders, etc)? Had that been waived by the feds? And with the completely different administration there now, wouldn't some of the prior promises made not necessary be kept?

Building in approximately the same footprint doesn't require the project to be so identical that they may as well brush off the original plans and build them again; I believe "same general size/configuration/location but modern standards" still fits the bill.