There are constant cries for responsibility and compensation.

Claims totaling billions of

dollars will probably need to be paid by insurers. According to a statement from President
Biden, the federal government looks willing to pay for the construction of a bridge to replace
the one that collapsed.

Any such incidence seems to have no positive consequences. A root cause analysis is always
conducted in the event of a major accident, with the goal of identifying the cause of the event
and potential mitigation strategies. When additional waterway safeguards are identified and
maybe put into place, this knowledge will inevitably make not only the Baltimore Harbor
safer in the future, but maybe every harbor in the country.

However, the cost of preventing a disaster, the expense of a disaster when it does occur, and
the chance of such a disaster must all be included in any root cause study.

Engineers first stated that the devastating impact of the 26 March bridge collapse was caused
by the steel arch-shaped continuous through truss bridge, which was not intended to support
loads similar to those generated by the impact of the container ship.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge's near-explosive breakdown prompted concerns about the
continuous steel truss construction of the bridge. Steel truss bridges that are continuous are
utilized because of their material efficiency.

According to one of its Engineers “The foundation support structure, a critical part of
safe functioning of the bridge structure, was damaged significantly due to lateral
impact of the cargo ship,” and the only possible way for it to be avoided is to is to
guarantee that the foundations and support structures of bridges are safe from impacts and
ship and barge traffic.

And for my insights the accident itself is not something you could predict overtime since it is
still a man made structure and has the possibility to corrode overtime. And one thing that is
for sure to happen is that the driver of that cargo ship is the one accountable. But thinking
back it lasted for how many years so it made quiet a contribution to the people there but could
have avoided that accident it properly thought things out.