A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, putting the bridge out of commission for months. | David Adams / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons
Baltimore-area residents are still feeling the impacts of the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which, when open, carried more than 34,000 vehicles including over 3,000 commercial trucks per day.
In a piece for The Baltimore Banner, April Quevedo writes, “Trucks carrying hazardous materials that used the bridge to cross the harbor are now forced to go around the Beltway in the opposite direction (a 35-mile detour) due to cargo restrictions through Baltimore City traffic tunnels — though not all hazmat vehicle operators adhere to commodity restrictions.”…