[mewzilla]

Behind a paywall, but the headline says enough...

‘A Lot of Chaos’: Bridge Collapse Creates Upheaval at Largest U.S. Port for Car Trade A bridge collapse closed Baltimore’s port, an important trade hub that ranks first in the nation by the volume of automobiles and light trucks it handles.

What a coinkydink...

[GailA]

2019 a crack in the Memphis M bridge was noticed, and the inspector failed to report it. About 1 inch wide. When it was noticed, the bridge was safely shut down, Someone else took the same photo 2 years before. There but for the grace of God Memphis didn’t have a Baltimore disaster. The old bridge was used, now it couldn’t handle the traffic well, lots of accidents.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/05/13/us/13memphis-bridge2/13memphis-bridge2-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale

Not the first bridge in TN to collapse. Tennesseans paid the bill. Not the whole nation.