Was the Baltimore bridge structurally sound before the collision with a container ship? | ABC News

“There will be a lot of concerns to make sure the whole infrastructure system, the harbour, port, and bridge, are a solution, not just a bridge solution. “: Engineer Professor Benjamin Schafer on the structural design of rebuilding the bridge, which collapsed following a collision with a shipping container in the US state of Baltimore.

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