Oyster planting program to resume after hiatus from Key Bridge collapse The collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge in 2024 impacted wildlife in the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay. The ...

The Key Bridge, built in the 1970s, was never tested by those modern standards. Until now, neither was the Bay Bridge, which opened its eastbound span in 1952 and its westbound span in 1973.

In its statement released Monday, the MDTA said it started a $160 million project in the spring of 2024 to evaluate and study bridge protection at the Bay Bridge. The project has since been completed.

MDTA said the best times to travel across the Bay Bridge on July 4 would be before 7 a.m. or after 4 p.m. if you're heading eastbound, and before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. if you're heading westbound.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Transportation Authority entered into a $600,000 contract in April 2024 with a company to conduct a vulnerability study on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, 11 News ...

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is on that list. “We expect a collision once every 86 years by our estimation and that’s higher than we’d like it to be,” lead researcher Michael Shields said.

If you’ve been on the Chesapeake Bay lately you might have seen bottlenose dolphins in the water. Experts said the sightings are becoming more common, especially as the water gets warmer, and it ...

Approximately ten miles away, as the seagull flies, the 308-ft-long earth pressure balance machine Chessie mined more than 6,300 ft for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel’s new parallel tube at ...

But, the NTSB noted,Maryland also had not conducted the recommended assessment on its other major span, the Bay Bridge. “Hindsight is 20/20,” said Michael Shields, a Johns Hopkins associate ...