The enormous undertaking of removing the twisted metal and concrete remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge from Maryland’s Patapsco River involves teams of engineers, seven floating cranes—including the largest on the Atlantic seaboard—ten tugs, nine barges, eight salvage vessels, and five Coast Guard boats.
Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath of the US Coast Guard stated that specialists were attempting to figure out how to “break that bridge up into the right-sized pieces that we can lift.”.
Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, stated: “You realize how difficult this assignment is when you get out there and see it up close.
Planning is essential for any salvage operation, especially one this intricate and, to be honest, one this unparalleled.
According to him, the cargo ship’s shipping containers were torn apart “like papier-mache” during the collision.
