Maryland residents are unsettled after learning the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) missed a critical assessment that may have reduced the risk of the Key Bridge collapse in 2024 ...

Maryland officials overseeing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore failed to understand the bridge's vulnerability to collisions like the one that caused it to collapse catastrophically ...

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy announced Thursday that the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) did not conduct an assessment on the Key Bridge before it collapsed in March 2024. The same ...

The Maryland Transportation Authority did not conduct a risk assessment that, if acted upon, could have allowed the state to protect the Francis Scott Key Bridge from a catastrophic and deadly ...

Maryland leaders paid tribute to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse victims and emergency responders Wednesday during a ceremony that marked one year since the tragedy. Shortly before 1:30 a.m ...

The bridge will be rebuilt with full federal funding, which Congress approved in December after a monthslong push from the ...

NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said when she asked the Maryland Transportation Authority for data related to the bridge risk assessment, the agency didn't have it. Just a few days shy of the 1-year ...

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