The collapse of the Francis Scott Bridge in 2024 impacted wildlife in the Patapsco River and the Chesapeake Bay.

Johns Hopkins researchers said that while ship strikes should be extremely rare, some of the nation's busiest bridges are likely to be struck. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is on that list.

Maryland failed to assess the Francis Scott Key Bridge for its vulnerability from a vessel collision and still has yet to assess the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board ...

Extensive cuts planned by the Trump administration to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget and staff will drastically threaten the health and recovery of the Chesapeake Bay and its ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources' annual Fall Oyster Survey shows that oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay ... a short distance south of the Bay Bridge. The disease also spread ...

It also had not conducted a similar study of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, leaving it at as one of dozens that the NTSB has identified as still having an “unknown level of risk” if struck by a ...

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation last Thursday condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent sweeping deregulatory actions, calling them an existential threat to the Chesapeake Bay ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University published Monday finds many of America's major bridges have a high risk of ship collisions, including Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge. National guidelines ...

As the weather warms up, thousands of mating ospreys are headed back to the Chesapeake Bay from their winter homes in Central and South America. For the last 10 years, the Baltimore Gas and ...

In addition to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland, they include iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in California, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York and the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge has a high risk of collapsing if a ship hits it, a new study said. Here's how often the bridge could be struck.