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