Bridge taken out by cargo ship in Baltimore

[Southernduck]

Back thrusters, I like that. I am sure when the ship regained power he was astern full. Ships like that don't stop like your jon boat. It may take a half mile or more to bring that ship from 8kts to dead stop and if the current is going with the ship it needs to be running faster than the current to maintain steerage. Looks like a perfect storm.

A ship got plowed up on Drum Island in the 80s that probably would have done the same thing to the old bridge.

Hopefully one or two of the real experts on here will weigh in and what probably happened.