National safety officials are urging owners of four Northeast Ohio bridges to review their collapse risk from vessel collisions after the 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster. The recommendation for these “vulnerability assessments” came as part of the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into how a containership struck a pier supporting the Key Bridge and

Had the MDTA conducted a vulnerability assessment based on recent vessel traffic, the agency would have been aware that the risk of a “catastrophic collapse from a vessel collision”

In the NTSB report following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last year, the NTSB identified other bridges around the country that need evaluating to ensure another situation doesn’t occur.