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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by bagels on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @06:33AM (#39826153)
Some other bridges have barriers around, but not connecting to the pylons.
Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by Kye on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @08:32AM (#39827036)
Those are great for little boats like one of those superyachts. They become dominoes that hit before a boat like this: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9697428
Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by archi42 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @09:03AM (#39827305)
Absolutely. 116851 long tons deadweight, which the Google info box says includes everything (busy now, so can't check in detail). That's 120,000,000 kg, so a little bit less than I guessed. Now looking at 10km/h or 6.2mi/h or 2.78m/s, that's enough to come up with a big E for E = 1/2 * m * v². The momentum p = m * v is also rather unpleasant. If the momentum was suddenly transferred into my 2,000 kg car (e.g. if the ship hit my car), I could do my work trip in about 1s, though that's only a few times times faster than the ISS (which travels at 7660 m/s).

[I'm very busy, so hopefully I didn't forget/add a few 0s by accident. Anyone feel free to correct me if I did.]

Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by doer1984 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:11PM (#39832300)
You were on point. Separately, I also used that rounded figure of 200k tons. The Deadweight plus the ship and fuel should easily get at least very close to that.