Posted on March 24, 2026
Nearly two years after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials say reconstruction is accelerating and on the verge of entering full-scale construction.
Speaking at the Port of Baltimore on Tuesday, Gov. Wes Moore said the Key Bridge rebuild is the “fastest-moving large project in the country,” adding that he and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy are aligned on its aggressive pace. The bridge collapsed March 26, 2024, after the cargo vessel Dali lost power and struck a main pier, killing six construction workers and severing a critical harbor crossing that once carried roughly 30,000 to 33,000 vehicles daily. That traffic has since been rerouted onto already congested regional roadways.
Moore said the pace of the rebuild reflects an unusually fast federal and state process. “I am very clear: I want to be the governor that cuts the ribbon on this,” he said. “That is my plan, and that is how fast we are moving when you consider that just for permitting, it could take five to seven years, and we got it done in months. To get to a 70% design build, it could [have taken] five years, and we got it done in 14 months.”
Demolition has begun.
