So, anyway, I guess the Golden Gate Bridge might have withstood the collision? Any others? Brooklyn Bridge? Verrazano?
Slightly alarming article (gift link):
To be fair, after seismic damage, research engineers descend on the location to make analyses. They come up with things like: columns in which the internal rebar is crosslinked with at least X type of wire at Y lengths withstand earthquakes much better than columns without crosslinks do.
Also seismic damage (and death) creates a safety field that allows politicians to promote maintenance without being voted out of office.
This article (gift linked below) is pretty scary. It states over 400 big US ships have lost propulsion over the last three years, including several in Baltimore. Wow.
The Post analysis found that 424 cargo ships longer than 600 feet reported losing propulsion — meaning the engines were shut down — in U.S. waters over the past three years. About a quarter of the incidents occurred near a port, bridge or other infrastructure, the analysis found.
Around Baltimore alone, ships lost propulsion nearly two dozen times in the three years before the tragedy last month, the Post review found — including a November 2021 incident in which a 981-foot container ship lost propulsion for 15 minutes soon after it passed under the Key Bridge. In 2020, a ship the same size as the Dali lost propulsion “in the vicinity of the Bay Bridge” near Annapolis, records show.
*Adding to the danger, experts say, is a lack of consistent rules on when cargo ships should be escorted by tug boats that can keep them on course even if engines turn off. *