The National Transportation Security Board (NTSB) has ordered for 68 bridges spanning across 19 states to be inspected.
This recommendation comes after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland in 2024. The Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by the containership Dali. At the time of the collapse, the bridge was almost 30 times above the acceptable risk threshold for critical and essential bridges.
The NTSB found that if the Key Bridge had been inspected by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA), then MDTA would have been aware that the bridge was so far above the acceptable threshold, and could have taken the necessary steps to reinforce the bridge.
It has been reported that out of the 68 bridges, none of them are at immediate risk of collapsing. Even though there are no bridges in imminent danger, the NTSB made it clear that these bridges were built after new protocols came into place and have not undergone any type of vulnerability tests, so the levels of risk of collapse from a vessel strike are unknown.
The list of bridges that are at risk is below.
California
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
Carquinez Bridge
Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Antioch Bridge
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Coronado Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Delaware
Summit Bridge
Saint Georges Bridge
Reedy Point Bridge
Florida
Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge (Dames Point Bridge)
Georgia
Talmadge Bridge
Illinois
Chicago Skyway Calumet River Bridge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long Bridge
Greater New Orleans Bridge
Israel LaFleur Bridge
Crescent City Connection Bridge
Hale Boggs (Luling) Bridge
Horace Wilkinson Bridge
Gramercy (Veterans Memorial) Bridge
Sunshine Bridge
Maryland
William Preston Lane Jr. (Bay) Bridge (eastbound)
William Preston Lane Jr. (Bay) Bridge (westbound)
Chesapeake City Bridge
Massachusetts
Tobin Bridge (southbound upper)
Tobin Bridge (northbound lower)
Bourne Bridge
Sagamore Bridge
Michigan
Mackinac Bridge
New Hampshire
Memorial Bridge
New Jersey
Commodore Barry Bridge
Vincent R. Casciano (Newark Bay) Bridge
New York
Verrazano Narrows Bridge (eastbound)
Verrazano Narrows Bridge (westbound)
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (eastbound)
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge (westbound)
Rip Van Winkle Bridge
Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge
George Washington Bridge
Outerbridge Crossing Bridge
Seaway International Bridge
Thousand Islands Bridge
Ohio
CUY-00490-0010 (I-490) Bridge
CUY-00002-1441 (Main Avenue) Bridge
CUY-00006-1456 (Detroit Avenue) Bridge
CUY-00010-1613 (Carnegie Avenue) Bridge
LUC-01W02-0002 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial) Bridge
LUC-00002-1862 (Anthony Wayne) Bridge
Oregon
Astoria-Megler Bridge
St. Johns Bridge
Pennsylvania
Walt Whitman Bridge
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Betsy Ross Bridge
Delaware River Turnpike Bridge
Rhode Island
Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge
Texas
Buffalo Bayou Toll Bridge
Sidney Sherman Bridge
Rainbow Bridge
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Hartman Bridge (eastbound)
Hartman Bridge (westbound)
Gulf Gate Bridge
Washington
Lewis and Clark Bridge
Wisconsin
Leo Frigo Bridge
