NO Dali Bridge Crash Protection Like Sunshine Skyway Bridge?

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, MD in 2024 left many unanswered questions you asked concerning the lack of protection guards around the bridge, known as concrete dolphins. Here Jeff Ostroff shows you his analysis comparing Baltimore Key Bridge with the Sunshine Skyway bridge in Tampa, FL, which implemented a lot of concrete dolphin protection bumpers to protect the bridge from collapsing.
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This analysis will simulate how the Dali ship would have fared against the Tampa Bay bridge to illustrate the shortcomings of the Francis Scott Key bridge and the lack of any serious protection for the Port of Baltimore, and what improvements could have saved the Key bridge from collapse.
00:00 Introduction to lack of protection for Baltimore Key bridge
01:16 How the Dali ship was angled to the bridge pillars and concrete dolphin
03:17 Simulating Dali ship approaching the bridge pillars
03:54 High Speed back and forth of Dali ship showing the angle of the turn
04:58 Proposed second concrete dolphin to protect the bridge
06:22 Problems with Francis Scott Key bridge concrete dolphins
06:52 Sunshine Skyway Bridge used rock islands around pylons
09:17 How strong are concrete dolphins for bridge protection?
10:50 Simulating Dali container ship at Sunshine Skyway bridge
13:54 What about other ports and the Golden Gate Bridge?
14:35 Evolution of cargo ship sizes since the 1970s