Salvors with the Unified Command continue wreckage removal from the M/V DALI and surrounding area, May 8, 2024, during the Key Bridge Response 2024. D

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Saturday’s the Day

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2024-05-10 16:00:09

Salvors with the Unified Command continue wreckage removal from the M/V DALI and surrounding area, May 8, 2024, during the Key Bridge Response 2024. Debris and wreckage removal is ongoing in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry Channel. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Christopher Rosario)

Crews working under the Unified Command are preparing for the removal of the portion of bridge that is laying across the bow of the Dali, known as span four, using small explosives.

An update said precision cuts made with small, strategically-placed charges offers the “safest and swiftest method” to remove the bridge piece and refloat the ship.

“This is an industry-standard tool in controlled demolition that will break the span into smaller pieces, which will allow the work of refloating the vessel and removing it from the federal channel,” the Unified Command update said.

The Key Bridge Response Unified Command plans to use small charges, i.e. explosives, to make precision cuts to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from the bow of the Dali.