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Hayes Gardner
Hayes Gardner is an enterprise writer for The Baltimore Sun with a focus on the intersection of news and sports. He previously wrote for the Louisville Courier Journal, where he was part of a team named as 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalists. A Kentucky native, Hayes graduated from Grinnell College in Iowa and served as an AmeriCorps member in Oregon.
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5 things to know about Key Bridge collapse, efforts to rebuild Baltimore span
Wednesday marked three months since the container ship Dali lost power in the early hours of March 26 and ran into a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge...
Ship that struck Baltimore bridge reaches Virginia port after 23-hour journey
The ship that launched multiple federal inquiries and knocked down an iconic Baltimore structure has left town.
Cargo ship Dali expected to head to Norfolk on Monday, will offload containers
A convoy of seven vessels is expected to sail the Chesapeake Bay on Monday in a "big milestone" following the Key Bridge collapse.
Repairs to be done in Norfolk on cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge. The Dali could arrive this week.
With Key Bridge wreckage still aboard and six vessels assisting it, the cargo ship Dali will soon depart the Port of Baltimore.
Key Bridge collapse: Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after more than 2 months
The Baltimore shipping channel, in its entirety, is open for business, nearly 11 weeks after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Baltimore shipping channel reopening tentatively set for Monday
The reopening of Baltimore's 50-foot deep, 700-foot wide shipping channel has been tentatively scheduled for Monday.
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Maryland to bolster protection at Chesapeake Bay Bridge following Baltimore disaster
The Maryland Transportation Authority is working with the Coast Guard, harbor pilots, and vessel collision experts on ways to protect the Bay Bridge.
Maryland officials begin process to identify new Key Bridge builder
It will be more than four years before a Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement reconnects I-695 over the Baltimore harbor, but by this summer, the state is expected to identify...
Bridge inspections required in the U.S. don’t test for ship strike. Then, one hit the Key Bridge.
The decades-old Francis Scott Key Bridge earned high marks when it was last inspected. It wasn’t, however, assessed for its ability to withstand a vessel strike.
50,000 tons of Baltimore’s Key Bridge steel diced for recycling
When the Key Bridge collapsed into the midnight-black water in the early hours of March 26, it created a seemingly insurmountable task: clearing the channel of debris and the massive...