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could this have been avoided ing to the Federal Highway administration's National Bridge inventory the most recent inspection of the Key Bridge was completed in May 2023 it was rated in fair condition right in between good and poor last year nearly half of all us Bridges bound themselves in that fair category specifically in the inspection report the peer protection system was rated as quote in place and functioning Ben Schaefer Structural Engineering expert at John's Hopkins described the protection system he saw from video and pictures as pretty modest but Schaefer doubts that any bridges that have been built or even could be built in the future could withstand a blow from a massive cargo ship Department of Transportation secretary Pete budajudge pointed to the 1980 collapse of the Sunshine Skyway in Tampa Florida saying that since then many modern Bridges have been designed with more protective structures in place that in the event that you had a a ship or a vessel that were to go o