My apologies for the Twitter link. Appears to have happened around 1:30 EDT, judging from the timestamp in the video. Seems unsurprising that Amerikkkan infrastructure is in this dire of a state (at the cost of innocent people’s lives, as usual), but I’d still love to know what the hell happened here. Hopefully the early hour meant that more people weren’t harmed.
Photo of the aftermath:
The bridge was opened in 1977. I believe loaded cargo ships have gotten much more massive since then. Does that mean the bridge could withstand getting hit by a standard 70s cargo ship? I don’t know. That doesn’t invalidate the point that a cargo ship that size should be crossing it - but these massive container ships are what drive global capitalism. No surprise that they would disregard safety for profit here.