MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – The National Transportation Safety Board released a list of 68 bridges across the country with unknown levels of risk of collapse from a vessel collision.
The NTSB has recommended that 68 bridges, including the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, be assessed for the possibility of a collapse from vessel collision.
The comes one year after the tragic incident in Maryland with the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. According to Jennifer Homendy, chair of the NTSB, the bridge was 30 times more susceptible to vessel strikes than it should have been…