Work to rebuild the Key Bridge in Baltimore will start this month.
Preconstruction work will begin on Jan. 7, as crews survey the realm, scan the mattress of the Patapsco River and acquire soil samples, the Baltimore Banner reported. Demolition will observe within the spring, however the surrounding Fort McHenry Channel will stay open all through the venture.
Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit Infrastructure Co. gained a $73 million design-build contract from the Maryland Transportation Authority Board in August. The venture consists of Section 1 of the whole design and development of a substitute of the bridge, which collapsed in March 2024 when it was struck by the cargo ship Dali.
Kiewit has unique negotiating rights for the second part, which is able to embody the ultimate design and development.
The work to switch the ill-fated span is anticipated to final by way of 2028 and value $2 billion. President Joe Biden had beforehand promised that the federal authorities would pay for the bridge’s substitute, and final month’s congressional spending invoice included financing for the bridge work to begin.
“The folks of Maryland are grateful that Congress has strongly supported serving to us rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge expeditiously,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore mentioned in an announcement in response to the funding. “This motion affirms the central significance of rebuilding the bridge not simply to Maryland, however the nation.”
