Whoa! Video of Explosion to Free Cargo Ship from Collapse Francis Key Bridge

Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore used explosives on the part of the collapsed Francis Key Bridge that’s been holding the giant container ship Dali trapped for over a month and a half. The Dali hit the bridge in March, and a fatal collapse ensued.

Engineers have been working to regain ship access to the Port of Baltimore, which was lost because of the collapse. Yesterday’s controlled explosions were a big step in fully opening the waterway to the port. Plus, some cool videos of the explosion were posted.

My favorite such video was Tweeted on X by the USACE Baltimore itself:

The Port of Baltimore also tweeted a cool video of the explosion, along with still frame pictures of it.

Finally, CBS posted a nice video of the explosion on Youtube. I marked it where the explosion is about to happened because most of the ten-minute video doesn’t contain the action.

The mayor of Baltimore, Brandon Scott, called the explosion an “important milestone” in clearing the channel.