Overview
- Kiewit and the Maryland Transportation Authority released updated visuals while reporting the replacement bridge design is roughly 70% complete.
- A Test Pile Program is in progress with six steel piles on site and up to 12 to be driven, each about eight feet in diameter and more than 220 feet long to validate foundation performance.
- Demolition has advanced with 20,000 tons of concrete decking removed from the north and south spans for recycling, and crews preparing to cut and crane down steel girders next.
- The planned cable‑stayed span features two 12‑foot lanes each way with inside and outside shoulders, a deck about 230 feet over the federal channel, towers exceeding 600 feet, and rigid fenders at six locations to protect piers.
- Federal funding of roughly $2 billion was pledged by Maryland lawmakers, the state still targets a fall 2028 opening, and the NTSB plans a Nov. 18 meeting on the collapse subject to potential delay from a federal shutdown.