Maryland transportation leaders are reassuring the public that it鈥檚 safe to drive across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, after a picture circulating on social media prompted some drivers to question whether there was an infrastructure issue.
The image, which Kimberly Hutson told WJZ 海角社区app her husband took while he was fishing last weekend, includes a yellow circle drawn around a support structure that looks to be off-center. It shows a section of bridge鈥檚 westbound span.
But the Maryland Transportation Authority said in a statement that it inspected the pier and 鈥渃onfirmed that there is no indication of movement or distress at the location.鈥�
The agency said the picture of the pier cap looks to be off center, but the bridge girders, 鈥渢he key structural components supporting the span 鈥� are aligned and centered with the pier cap.鈥�
Positioning hasn鈥檛 changed since the bridge鈥檚 construction, the statement said.
鈥淲e want to reassure the public that both spans of the bridge are safe,鈥� the agency said.
MDTA said it regularly conducts condition inspections on all of its facilities, 鈥渁nd ensuring the safety of these critical structures is the MDTA鈥檚 highest priority.”
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is an hour south of where the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge stands in Baltimore.
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