<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">BALTIMORE – Ten weeks after the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, salvage crews successfully removed the final large steel truss segment blocking the 700-foot-wide
Fort McHenry Federal Channel on June 3-4.<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Using concrete breakers, underwater surveys, and oxyacetylene torches, they separated tons of concrete roadway, cable, and steel rebar from "Section 4C" while removing debris with
clamshell dredges.<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">
<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On May 20, Unified Command had cleared the Federal Channel to a width of 400 feet and a depth of 50 feet, allowing deep-draft commercial vessels to access the Port of Baltimore.
Full restoration is projected by June 8-10.<span-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">
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