A little off topic BUT we have everyone raving about dangerous ships etc and it probably was. But how about dangerous bridges?
Lets build a meccano set bridge over a busy shipping channel. What could go wrong? A ship hits a pier and the whole bridge falls down!! Wrong bridge for the location and that is end of story. Probably fine over a gorge or even over buildings etc where nothing will hit the piers.
The Tasman bridge in Hobart Tasmania was hit by an ore ship, not on the navigation arch but 2 to the right. And 2 sections of bridge fell down. Reputedly the navigation arch would probably have taken the hit,, there is a LOT more concrete about it. And this was a concrete and steel bridge. The ship was carrying 10000 tonnes of ore so probably heavier than the ship in Baltimore.
My interest in this in part is my mother missed the bridge going down by a few minutes. Her mother lived on the eastern shore and she lived then on the western side. So she crossed the bridge 2-3 times a week. I knew of through my cousin both the people left hanging over the edge. Hobart is a small town!