Transportation

Maryland lawmakers may consider whether to create a new form of a state of emergency to handle long-term infrastructure emergencies like the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this week.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has fueled fears of nationwide supply-chain disruptions, but guarded optimism might be justified, says a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School professor who specializes in operations management and business analytics.

The supply chain is pivoting — and doing it fast.

Foreign manufacturers are looking at other U.S. ports that may be able to handle influxes of cars while the Port of Baltimore is partially shut down.

Recovery efforts at the bridge collapse site are underway, while federal transportation safety investigators were boarding the ship and collecting evidence.

Some engineers believe adding protective structures around the bridge’s support columns could have prevented the tragedy that killed six construction workers.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge could be catastrophic for the thousands of workers in the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 333, said president Scott Cowan.

Tradepoint Atlantic on Sparrows Point is the only major shipping site within the Port of Baltimore that lies outside the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge accounted for about 8% of the Maryland Transportation Authority’s toll revenue. Is that going to be a problem?

An “all hands” mobilization to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge could be coming. But engineers stress the need to get it done right as opposed to just fast.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge and retrieved its black box, sending the data to a lab for analysis.

The bridge’s condition has been scrutinized in the aftermath of the Tuesday morning collapse.

MDTA officers were able to stop traffic. But why were eight workers still on the bridge when it collapsed?

What are your memories of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s 47-year history?

In the age of the automobile, when a car is an extension of ourselves, where you drive is probably a bigger part of what defines you than what you drive. That was certainly true of the Key Bridge.

“This is as rainy as it gets,” said Senate President Bill Ferguson, who is working with lawmakers on emergency financial aid for workers and businesses affected by the closure of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore following Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The same federal program helping to reimagine the "Highway to Nowhere" hopes to reconnect Druid Hill Park to its surrounding neighborhoods.

Video, police and fire dispatch audio, ship location data and statements from officials capture the minutes leading up to one of the largest infrastructure disasters in Maryland’s history.

The Coast Guard doesn’t think the six construction workers survived the bridge collapse because of the deep waters and cold temperatures.

Chesapeake Bay pilots and tugboats help guide large container ships in and out of the harbor.