Back in March of 2024, a cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, resulting in a partial collapse of the bridge and the deaths of six construction workers.
Now, fifteen months later, government has gotten around to demolishing the remaining parts of the bridge.
The demolition of the Francis Scott Key Bridge begins today.
— Matt Dursh (@MattDursh) July 8, 2025
Cranes and equipment are now being mobilized to the site.
The schedule for removal of the existing bridge estimates 9 months.
This demolition work begins over 15 months after the Key Bridge collapse from the Dali. pic.twitter.com/2MsgUOk8iz
And it'll take almost a year to finish that project, so how long will it be before a new bridge is built?
Five years?
This writer is taking the over.
It took five years to build the bridge in the 1970s, and almost half that time to take it down. Definitely taking the over.
What’s the big rush
— Internet News Agency (@InternetNewsAg2) July 8, 2025
Take your time, guys.
What discussions were happening in the intervening 15 months before this was even started? pic.twitter.com/YJQnAWmrPO
— Guy (@GuyIsReborn) July 8, 2025
They were too busy telling us how Francis Scott Key is racist.
America is quickly becoming a failed state. There should be a replacement bridge in advanced stage of construction at this point
— OSINT with a splash of good takes and a few bad 1s (@supersean415) July 8, 2025
If Ron DeSantis were governor of Maryland, it would've been rebuilt by now.
Can someone explain why it took almost a year and a half to start the cleanup of critical infrastructure?
— Teacloc (@Teacloc) July 8, 2025
Democrats.
That's it. That's the explanation.
It's hilarious that Wes Moore gets praise for his "handling of the Key bridge" when it's taken FIFTEEN MONTHS just to BEGIN clearing the wreckage.
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) July 8, 2025
God, Americans have gotten so accustomed to mediocrity. https://t.co/cOOTiuTjQN
Decline is a choice.
"15 months after the Key Bridge collapse"
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 8, 2025
Your reminder that America is inexcusably sclerotic about dealing with infrastructure and it's significantly worse under Democrat governance. https://t.co/enNJyqNMr5
All of this.
"This demolition work begins over 15 months after the Key Bridge collapse"
— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 8, 2025
No no take your time https://t.co/fh2DTRvmRY
No rush.
Embarrassing this has taken this long just to start https://t.co/xsS03aB1Ye
— Otto Von Tweetmarck (@OVTweetmarck) July 8, 2025
Democratic governors are incapable of feeling embarrassment.
I'm just a cubicle jockey but can somebody more useful explain to me why it took 15 months just to start the demo on this or do I have yet another completely reasonable grievance against the government? https://t.co/DI7hhFECB6
— Guy (@GuyIsReborn) July 8, 2025
You've got another completely reasonable grievance, friend.
Anyone asking "why can't we have nice infrastructure?" it is this.
— J Can't Even (@Inquisitor_Jay) July 8, 2025
15 months to start a project that will be over time and way over budget https://t.co/zoXwRYnsUN
Because unions and politicians are getting their cut of the project funding.
That's all this is.