Apr 18, 2024

Reflections on Baltimore’s bridge collapse from the workers who built it

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Many who worked on the Francis Scott Key Bridge considered it to be a monument to their work. What happens when that monument is gone?

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Workers who built Baltimore's Key Bridge reflect on its reach in their lives

by Stephanie Hughes

Apr 18, 2024

The ironworkers, painters and others who constructed the bridge thought it would outlive them.

Buddy Cefalu connecting road beams as an ironworker during the construction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Courtesy Cefalu

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