Sunday, February 16, 2025

Replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge over Patapsco River at Baltimore, MD

I'm seeing enough information about replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that was destroyed on Mar 26, 2024 that it is time to starts some notes about the replacement because I anticipate a lot of design and construction information.

Casey Jones Nov 23, 2024, video of 22:04: Why the Replacement Key Bridge Needs to be Antifragile! [The video includes a book review. He also talks about the new design for this bridge at 12:30]

Maryland via TruckDriverNews via Facebook
[I just skimmed the text because I was after a rendition of the design. For all of the talk about the economic impact of the destroyed bridge, one would think someone would have funded some better dolphins for the old bridge. I could not find an estimated completion date.]

Casey Jones found a better rendition of the preliminary design. The silver lining of destroying the old bridge is that the deck of the new bridge will be higher. This is important because the size of container ships keep growing. He also found an estimated completion date of 2028.
6:34 video @ 0:45

In fact, the height is increasing from 185' to 230'.
1:08

The Practical Engineer (Grady Hillhouse) just posted a couple of days ago an explanation as to why most new long-span bridges are cable-stayed bridges. It occurred to me that it is appropriate to include here.
20:18 video @ 12:06

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