The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an urgent safety recommendations to 30 owners of 68 bridges across 19 states to assess the vulnerability of a vessel collision.
The NTSB issued the warning as it provided more details about Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Thursday, nearly one year after it collapsed.
“We need action. Public safety depends on it,” NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy stated, stressing that bridge owners must know the risk and what actions to take to ensure safety.
Bridge owners must determine that the structures are above the acceptable level of risk set by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials….