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codr7 ◴[] No.44019556[source]
I've only ever heard of two ships hitting bridges; both recently, both in the US, both lost power and drifted into the bridge.

At least this bridge fall like a house of cards, I guess because the masts broke first.

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1. hiddencost ◴[] No.44019718[source]
There's a category error in the comparison.

The boat in Baltimore weighed at least two orders of magnitude more, and directly struck a column.

This boat hit a span with a basically negligible piece of wood. I'd be shocked if that shut the bridge for more than an hour.