March 25, 2025
Originally published in the Baltimore Sun.
As the one-year anniversary approaches of the shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which tumbled into the Patapsco River in the early morning hours of March 26, 2024, after it was struck by the Dali cargo ship, Johns Hopkins has released separate studies on the disaster.
Survey data released today by Johns Hopkins found continuing impacts on the daily lives of area residents as a result of the loss of the Key Bridge, which took out a stretch of the southeast part of the Baltimore Beltway, or I-695, that encircles the city. The survey, of close to 1,500 Baltimore City and County residents, found the most impact on getting to work or school, or visiting family and friends, and, to a lesser extent, running errands or going to medical appointments.