Coast Guard Marks Out 'Limited Access' Channel at Site of Baltimore Bridge Collapse

The US Coast Guard dropped buoys in the Patapsco River in Maryland on Monday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 23, to mark a new “limited access” channel for essential boat traffic following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Footage shows coast guard crews working near and passing through a gap in the collapsed Baltimore bridge.

According to the US Coast Guard, the limited access channel will open later this week for “commercially essential vessels.”

The channel “is planned to have a controlling depth of at least 35 feet, a horizontal clearance of 300 feet, and a vertical clearance of 214 feet,” according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Credit: DVIDS via Storyful