The last thing anyone needs is for a cruise ship to “Storrow” in the Cape Cod Canal.
For many, the shock and horror following the ship collision and subsequent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore sparks the question: “could it happen here?”
Gov. Maura Healey aimed to reassure Massachusetts residents Tuesday by declaring that bridges here are regularly inspected and “up to date.”
“I want to make sure that we are having a conversation to make sure that all of our protocols are where they need to be and that we are doing everything we can to assure the safety of our ports and our bridges,” the governor said on Boston Public Radio on WGBH.
Baltimore’s Key Bridge passed inspection in May 2022, but there was concern with one of its columns, CBS News reported.
Ben Schafer, professor of civil and systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University, told CBS News that most bridges in the U.S. fall in the “fair” range, as did the Key. But, he said, the massive ship – not the condition of the Key Bridge – is likely to blame for its collapse.
