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August 30, 2024

Maryland awards contract to rebuild bridge

  • Kiewit has been awarded a $73 million initial contract to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    • By LEA SKENE
    Associated Press

    USACE photo [enlarge]
    This photo, taken in June, shows U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Unified Command salvage crews removing the final steel truss from the bridge, clearing the waterway.

    BALTIMORE — Maryland transportation leaders on Thursday approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mile steel span collapsed under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of its supporting columns.


     
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