New underwater images of Baltimore Bridge wreckage reveal ‘sheer magnitude’ of salvage operation

This imagery, supplied by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), shows the wreckage resting at the bottom of the river where the Francis Scott Key Bridge once stood. These 3D images show the sheer magnitude of the very difficult and challenging salvage operation ahead. Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo
Ilan HulkowerThe Daily CallerThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District posted several photos Tuesday on Facebook of the underwater wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.“These 3D images show the sheer magnitude of the very difficult and challenging salvage operation ahead,” the Corps said.“Divers are forced to work in virtual darkness, because when lit, their view is similar to driving through a heavy snowfall at night with high-beam headlights on. So murky is the water, divers must be guided via detailed verbal directions from operators in vessels topside who are viewing real-time CODA imagery. No usable underwater video exists of the wreckage, because as one Navy diver stated, ‘there’s no need [to] take video of something you can’t even see,'” t
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