The main passage to your port Baltimore fully restored after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, which left six people dead and blocked navigation in the harbor.
The bridge collapsed in late March after the freighter Dali crashed into the bridge, hitting a major shipping artery in the busiest US port.
The Port of Baltimore handled a record 1.1 million containers and $80.8 billion in foreign cargo last year, according to state data. Six highway construction crews carrying out road work overnight fell into the water and died.
On Monday night, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the Fort McHenry Federal Canal has been restored to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial passage through the Port of Baltimore.
“We have cleared the Fort McHenry Federal Canal for safe passage. USACE will maintain this critical waterway as we have for the past 107 years,” Col. Estee Pinchasin, Baltimore District commander, said in a statement.
The restoration follows a cleaning process that began on March 30 and removed approximately 50,000 tons of bridge debris from the Patapsco River, allowing the canal to gradually reopen over the coming weeks.