Eastbound drive over the now former Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, MD. Opened in 1977 and collapsed on March 26th, 2024.
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From Wikipedia:
The Francis Scott Key Bridge is a steel arch continuous through truss bridge spanning the lower Patapsco River and outer Baltimore Harbor / Port carrying Maryland Route 695 between Hawkins Point, Baltimore and Dundalk, Maryland, United States. The crossing between Baltimore City and Baltimore County also passed through a small portion of Anne Arundel County. It was originally known as the Outer Harbor Crossing until it was renamed in 1976, while still under construction, and was also known as simply the Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge. The main span of 1,200 feet (366 m) was the third longest span of any continuous truss in the world. It was the second-longest bridge in the Baltimore metropolitan area, after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
The bridge was opened on March 23, 1977, named for amateur poet Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), the author of the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". The bridge was the outermost of three toll crossings of Baltimore's Harbor, two tunnels and one bridge. Once completed, the bridge structure and its approaches became the final links in Interstate 695, the "Baltimore Beltway", completing a two-decade-long project. Despite the I-695 signage, the bridge was officially considered part of the state highway system and designated Maryland Route 695.
The bridge was 8,636 feet (2,632 m) long and carried an estimated 11.5 million vehicles annually. It was a designated hazardous materials truck route. HAZMATs were prohibited in the Baltimore Harbor and Fort McHenry tunnels.
The Key Bridge was a toll facility operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). As of July 1, 2013, the toll rate for cars was $4.00. The bridge was part of the E-ZPass system and included two dedicated E-ZPass lanes in its toll plaza in both the northbound and southbound directions. In April 2019, MDTA announced that the bridge would become a cashless toll facility by October 2019. With this system, customers without E-ZPass would pay using video tolling. Cashless tolling began on the bridge on October 30, 2019.
The main spans of the bridge were destroyed on March 26, 2024, when the container ship MV Dali crashed into one of its support pillars.