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[[File:The Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore).jpg|thumb|The bridge before the collapse (seen in 2015), looking upstream. ''Dali'' hit the fourth pillar from left.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |title=Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: What we know about ship and bridge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68664664 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=BBC News |date=March 26, 2024 |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326163109/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68664664 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The [[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]], originally the Outer Harbor Crossing, was a [[steel]] arch-shaped [[continuous truss bridge|continuous-through-truss bridge]]. It opened in 1977, running northeast from [[Hawkins Point, Baltimore|Hawkins Point]], Baltimore, to Sollers Point, in [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]], and crossing the [[Patapsco River]], a vital shipping route in the [[Port of Baltimore]].<ref name="Associated Press" /> The shipping route is one of the busiest in the United States; <ref name="France 24"/> it handled more than 444,000 passengers as well as 52.3 million tons of foreign cargo valued at $80 billion in 2023.<ref name="ap2"/> The {{convert|1.6|mi}} long bridge carried four lanes of [[Interstate 695 (Maryland)|Interstate 695]], a [[beltway]] around [[Baltimore]],<ref name="Associated Press" /> two in each direction,<ref> name="CNN"/>{{cite news |last=Alonso |first=Melissa |last2=Wolfe |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Mascarenhas |first3=Lauren |date=March 26, 2024 |title=Rescuers are searching for multiple people in the water after Baltimore bridge collapse, report says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/us/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-tuesday/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326215315/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/26/us/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-tuesday/index.html |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> used by approximately 34,000 vehicles each day.<ref name="France 24">{{cite news |title=Major US bridge collapses as cargo ship plows into pylon |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240326-major-baltimore-bridge-collapses-after-ship-collision |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=France 24 |date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> A cargo ship collision in 1980 left the Key Bridge relatively undamaged.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/1241022473/questions-arise-amid-the-collapse-of-the-key-bridge-in-baltimore |publisher=[[NPR]] |title=Questions arise amid the collapse of the Key bridge in Baltimore |date=March 26, 2024 |author1=Joel Rose |author2=Nell Greenfieldboyce}}</ref>
The ''[[MV Dali]]'' is a Singapore-flagged [[container ship]] built in 2015 with a length of {{convert|300|m|ft|order=flip}}, a {{convert|48|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} [[Beam (nautical)|beam]], and a {{convert|12.2|m|ft|adj=on|order=flip}} [[draft (hull)|draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9697428|title=DALI, Container Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9697428 - VesselFinder|website=www.vesselfinder.com|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326111950/https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9697428|url-status=live}}</ref> Registered in Singapore and owned by a Greek shipping company,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428|title=DALI, Container ship, IMO 9697428|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326172146/https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9697428/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Dali'' had previously traveled from Panama to the U.S., arriving in New York on March 19, 2024.<ref name="Moses">{{cite news |last=Moses |first=Claire |last2=Gross |first2=Jenny |date=March 26, 2024 |title=The Dali was just starting a 27-day voyage. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/dali-ship-baltimore-bridge.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326113133/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/dali-ship-baltimore-bridge.html |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> It then sailed to the [[Virginia Port Authority|Virginia International Gateway]] in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]] before departing for Baltimore on March 22, arriving there on March 23.<ref name="Moses" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mv-dali-ship-stopped-portsmouth-virginia/291-776d0714-06a4-42f7-840e-b0d32b6df951|title=Ship that collided with Baltimore bridge stopped in Portsmouth days before, Virginia Port Authority says|publisher=13 News Now WVEC|last=Steger|first=Preston|date=March 26, 2024|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327012044/https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mv-dali-ship-stopped-portsmouth-virginia/291-776d0714-06a4-42f7-840e-b0d32b6df951|url-status=live}}</ref>
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