Transportation
Baltimore Bridge Collapse Reverberates From Cars to Coal
- Biden vows federal support to rebuild after accident with ship
- Disaster adds new pressure on already strained supply chains
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The 1.6 mile-long bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks.
As much as 2.5 million tons of coal, hundreds of cars made by Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co., and lumber and gypsum are threatened with disruption after the container ship Dali slammed into and brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early hours of Tuesday.