# How were vehicles kept off the FS Key bridge before it collapsed?

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**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-vehicles-kept-off-the-fs-key-bridge-before-it-collapsed/999480 "2024-03-27T22:02:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-vehicles-kept-off-the-fs-key-bridge-before-it-collapsed/999480/24 "2024-03-28T17:23:19Z")

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> [@DCnDC](#):
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> It should be noted most traffic uses the tunnel, even at 0130. Trucks OTOH are prohibited from using the tunnel, and that’s mostly what you see going across the bridge just before the impact.

car lights are mostly below the level of the Jersey barriers on the sides of the bridge & therefore not [seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-collapse-in-baltimore-2024-03-26/999372/149).

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