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Golden Gate Bridge faces “unknown risk” of collapse, NTSB warns
March 22, 2025
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In a sobering assessment released today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has identified the Golden Gate Bridge and five other Bay Area spans as facing “unknown levels of risk of collapse” from potential vessel strikes. This alarming finding comes as part of the agency’s comprehensive investigation into the catastrophic Baltimore bridge collapse earlier this year.
The report, produced as part of the NTSB’s ongoing response to the March 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, highlights significant vulnerabilities in bridge infrastructure nationwide, with particular concerns for several iconic California crossings.
On March 26, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore suffered a catastrophic collapse after being struck by the 984-foot Singapore-flagged cargo vessel “Dali,” which was heading out of Baltimore Harbor when it experienced a loss of electrical power and propulsion. The ship struck Pier 17, the southern pier that supported the bridge’s central span.
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The resulting collapse claimed six lives from a seven-person road crew working on the bridge at the time. One crew member survived with serious injuries, while a bridge inspector escaped unharmed. Among the Dali’s 23-person crew, only one sustained minor injuries.
According to the NTSB findings, six major Bay Area bridges require immediate risk assessment:
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is notably absent from the list, though the report did not provide an explanation for this omission.
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The Golden Gate Bridge and its Bay Area counterparts represent just a portion of the 68 bridges nationwide that the NTSB has flagged for urgent evaluation. These structures, spanning waterways across the country, have been identified as potentially vulnerable to catastrophic vessel strikes similar to the Baltimore incident.
“Today’s report does not suggest that 68 bridges are certain to collapse,” read a press release accompanying the report. “The NTSB is recommending that these 30 bridge owners evaluate whether the bridges are above the AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) acceptable levels of risk. The NTSB recommended that bridge owners develop and implement a comprehensive risk reduction plan, if the calculations indicate a bridge has a risk level about the AASHTO threshold.”
The Golden Gate Bridge is owned by the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, while the Bay Area Toll Authority maintains ownership of the other five regional bridges identified in the report.
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The NTSB’s findings suggest that had similar risk evaluations been conducted on the Francis Scott Key Bridge prior to the March incident, preventative measures might have been implemented that could have averted the tragedy.
With millions of commuters and tourists crossing these spans daily, the report raises urgent questions about infrastructure safety and the necessary steps to prevent similar catastrophes on California’s iconic bridges.
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