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The remnants of the Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River after a container ship collided with the span on March 26, 2024. (Mira Beinart/Capital News Service)
Jun 30, 2025

Key Bridge demolition set to begin July 7

The demolition of Francis Scott Key Bridge’s remaining structures will commence around July 7, MDTA announced.

This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)
Aug 29, 2024

MDTA awards $73M contract to design new Key Bridge

Maryland officials approved a $73 million contract with one of the country’s largest construction companies to design the new Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Mar 2, 2012

Judge dissolves I-95 travel plaza restraining order

A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge Friday dissolved a restraining order that prevented the Board of Public Works from awarding a contract to redevelop two Interstate 95 travel plazas. With […]

Jan 17, 2012

Authority over Maryland tolls debated

ANNAPOLIS — Still bristling over recent toll hikes, a group of state lawmakers are calling for the General Assembly to reclaim the power to set tolls on Maryland tunnels, bridges […]

Dec 4, 2011

Hook up E-ZPasses: ICC no longer is free

The free ride is over. Drivers cruising the Inter-County Connector will pay to use Maryland‘s most expensive highway starting Monday. The road — officially Route 200 — opened in full […]

Oct 7, 2011

Purple Line gets federal OK for preliminary engineering

ANNAPOLIS — A 16-mile light rail proposal between Bethesda and New Carrollton has received federal approval to move into a preliminary engineering phase, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday. The approval […]

Sep 27, 2011

Bartlett to lead Md. Transportation Authority

Gov. Martin O’Malley tapped Harold Bartlett on Tuesday to run the Maryland Transportation Authority, the toll agency that has been under fire recently for raising the cost to drive its […]

Jun 21, 2011

Drivers decry plan for Maryland toll increases at 7th public hearing

More than 100 angry, toll-paying drivers decried a plan to raise the cost of traveling on some state roads, highways and tunnels twice in the next two years at Dundalk […]

Jun 20, 2011

Court of Appeals: MdTA’s “Take-Home Vehicle” program unenforceable

The state’s highest court has handed Gov. Martin O’Malley a win in a dispute with the union representing Maryland Transportation Authority police officers, finding that his administration had no duty […]

Jun 9, 2011

Photo of the Day – Traveling the ICC

Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by […]

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