WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of the 4,000 bridges in the United States that allow ships passing below them do not have dock protection that functions to prevent them from being hit and potentially destroyed by collisions.
US Senator Tom Carper insists the collapse of the crossing bridge as a result of being hit by a ship could cause less victims.
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"After the collapse of the Key Bridge, it was revealed that of the 4,000 bridges in the United States that allow ships to pass below, two-thirds do not have fundamental dock protection," Carper told the US Senate Committee for Environment and Public Works.
The Key Bridge at Baltimore Port collapsed on March 26 after being hit by a cargo ship. Six construction workers on the bridge were killed and ports had to be closed for repairs over the next two months, disrupting the US industrial supply chain.
The 700-foot-wide Fort McHenry channel and a depth of 50 feet stretched by the bridge reopened on June 10 after being restored by the US Army Engineer Corps.
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