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BALTIMORE (AP) The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said..
. Crews are undertaking the complicated work of removing steel and concrete at the site of the bridges deadly collapse into the Patapsco River after a container ship lost power and crashed into a supporting column..
On Sunday, dive teams surveyed parts of the bridge and checked the ship, and workers in lifts used torches to cut above-water parts of the twisted steel superstructure..
President Joe Biden will visit the site Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Monday afternoon. He will meet with state and local officials and get an on-the-ground look" at federal response efforts, Jean-Pierre said..
Along with clearing the shipping channel to reopen the port, officials are trying to determine how to rebuild the major bridge, which was completed in 1977..
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