US Army Corps of Engineers plans to reopen Baltimore channel affected by bridge collapse by end of May

Just over a week after the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced it plans to fully reopen the channel leading to the Baltimore port by the end of May – a significant update since the disaster halted vessel traffic and delivered a serious blow to a port critical to local and national economies.Crews have been working to remove wreckage from the site where a massive cargo ship slammed into the bridge in the early morning hours of March 26, causing the structure to collapse into the channel and killing six construction workers. Officials are still working to find four of their bodies.President Joe Biden will visit Baltimore on Friday to examine the wreckage area with officials and meet with relatives of the bridge collapse victims.While the dangerous work of clearing the channel to the Port of Baltimore continues, the US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District said it plans to open a “limited access channel” that will be about 280 feet wide by the end of April.“This channel would support one-way traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore for barge container service and some roll on/roll off vessels that...