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BALTIMORE (AP) A crane that can lift 1,000 tons, described as one of the largest on the Eastern Seaboard, appeared near the site of a collapsed highway bridge in Baltimore as crews prepared Friday to begin clearing wreckage that has stymied the search for four workers missing and presumed dead and blocked ships from entering or leaving the city's vital port..
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore called the Francis Scott Key Bridge's collapse following a freighter collision an economic catastrophe" and described challenges of recovering the workers and clearing tons of debris to reopen the Port of Baltimore..
What we're talking about today is not just about Maryland's economy; this is about nation's economy," Moore said at a news conference, the massive crane standing in the background..
The U.S. Coast Guard is focused on removing what's left of the bridge and the container ship that struck it in order to clear the port's shipping lanes, Rear Adm. . Teams of engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Navy and the Coast Guard along with some private-sector experts are assessing how to break that bridge up into the right-sized pieces that we can lift," Gilreath said..
Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent of the Maryland State Police, said the Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to establish a tactical flight restriction area that would begin 3 nautical miles in every direction from the center span of the bridge and goes up to 1,500 feet. . Butler advised the public to stay away from the area with drones..
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