The Chesapeake Bay Bridge does not meet a modern risk threshold for vessel collisions according to the National ...

NEWS INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED A RISK ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE. OUR EFFORTS TO CONFIRM THAT INCLUDED FILING A PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST AND CONTACTING SEVERAL STATE ...

A new analysis found that neither span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge meets modern risk thresholds for vessel strikes, Maryland ...

A new analysis found that neither span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge meets modern risk thresholds for vessel strikes, Maryland ...

An NTSB report states that the Bay Bridge—built in the 1950s and 1970s—is 30 times more vulnerable to vessel strikes than modern spans.

ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, HOMENDY SAID THE RESULT IS THAT THE MDTA DOESN’T KNOW HOW AT RISK THE BAY BRIDGE REALLY IS. MDTA COULD HAVE DONE THIS EVALUATION NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST ...

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is on that list. “We expect a collision once every 86 years by our estimation and that’s higher than we’d like it to be,” lead researcher Michael Shields said.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge in 2024 impacted wildlife in the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has a public Baltimore oyster growing program ...