For 47 years, the Francis Scott Key Bridge stood as the gateway to the Port of Baltimore and a landmark as one of the longest steel truss bridges in the world.

All this week, WTOP’s team coverage of “ The Key Bridge, One Year Later ” revisits an unthinkable, tragic collapse that sent shock waves around the nation and forever changed the face of Baltimore. It’s been a year since the crash that collapsed the Key Bridge into the waters of the Patapsco River in Baltimore.

As the one-year anniversary approaches of the shocking collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which tumbled into the Patapsco River in the early morning hours of March 26, 2024, after it was struck by the Dali cargo ship,