Key Bridge Was Also Hit by a Ship in 1980, With Limited Damage

[ad_1] The massive cargo ship that lost control and slammed into a major Baltimore Key Bridge  on Tuesday was not the first to do so. The same bridge was also hit by a wayward cargo vessel in 1980. On Aug. 29 of that year, a container ship named the Blue Nagoya drifted into a pier that supported the structure, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, after losing control about 1,800 feet away, according to a 1983 report by the U.S. National Research Council. When the Blue Nagoya hit the Key Bridge,…