The inadequacy of existing safeguards to protect bridges and other infrastructure from ever-larger container ships was considered in a House hearing May 15, a day after the NTSB released its preliminary report on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Crews are preparing to remove a 5,000-ton section of bridge steel from the deck of the cargo vessel M/V Dali, in hopes of refloating the vessel and further clearing the channel blocked by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Sound Transit, serving the Seattle metropolitan area, will debut the first 6.5-mile segment of its $3.67-billion East Link Extension April 27, launching light-rail service along an eight-station route between South Bellevue and the Redmond Technology Center, both east of the city.
Contractors are nearing the end of a six-year-long journey to renovate and revitalize the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., with a new facade and updated building systems.