Officials are tentatively scheduled to carry out the controlled demolition around 5 p.m., according to the US Coast Guard.
The planned demolition is aimed at helping officials remove debris and ultimately free the 213-million-pound Dali cargo ship, which veered off course March 26 and struck a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to fall into the water below.
The collapse killed six construction workers and destroyed a key thoroughfare, threatening the economy at the Port of Baltimore.
Officials last week recovered the sixth and final body, allowing them to proceed with the plan to free the Dali.
“The safest and swiftest method to remove the bridge piece from on top of the M/V Dali is by precision cuts made with small charges,” the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said in a news release last week.
Persons:
CNN — Crews, Francis Scott Key, Dali, Kevin Dietsch, Holly Yan, Dakin Andone
Organizations:
CNN, US Coast Guard, Port, Baltimore Sun, WBAL, Command, ”, US Army, US Army Corps of Engineers, Unified Command, Army Corps, Engineers, Committee, Transportation, Infrastructure, National Transportation Safety, Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, US Department of Transportation
Locations:
Baltimore, Port of Baltimore