Update!! Why did Francis Scott Key bridge collapse so catastrophically? It didn't stand a chance.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge stood little chance: When the loaded container ship Dali destroyed one of the bridge's main support columns, the entire structure was doomed to fail.

Link: https://epicgamescode.com/web-stories/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-the-ship/

"Any bridge would have been in serious danger from a collision like this," said Nii Attoh-Okine, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maryland.

Bridges work by transferring the load they carry ‒ cars, trucks or trains ‒ through their support beams onto columns or piles sunk deep into the ground.

But they also depend on those support columns to hold them up.