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THINGS TO DO IN BALTIMORE

1. Walking Tours

There aren't a large number of walking tours in Baltimore that cover general history but there are quite a few specialized tours.

Our preferred method of touring is on foot and Baltimore Heritage offers walking tours throughout the year.

These tours are run by the historic preservation organization so you're going to get expert guides, but also some unique touring opportunities.

They offer tours of neighborhoods that many tourists wouldn't think to visit to learn more about the architectural and cultural heritage of Baltimore.

• Good for Families, History and Architecture
• Price: $5-25 per person
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Looking to explore the darker side? Check out the Wicked History Tours . Baltimore Wicked History Tours explore the darker side of Baltimore to times past when some struggled to survive and rebelled against authority.

From speakeasies to villains to celebrities who passed through these streets. One of the highest rated tours of Baltimore, it comes highly recommended for a history lesson like no other. Don't let the Wicked part scare you, they have family friendly evening tours as well.

• Good for Adults and Families, Late Night Things to Do,
• Price: $15/adults, $10 kids 12 and under. 
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2. Dinner Cruise

One of the most popular options is the Sunset Dinner Cruise around Baltimore Harbor . The 3 hour cruise highlights the views of Baltimore skyline at sunset.

You'll cruise past the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Pride Mast Memorial and the Maryland Science Center. Included in the price is a sit down dinner which all the reviewers enjoyed. As the sunsets there is live entertainment and a DJ so you can dance under the stars.

• Good for Adults, Late Night Things to Do
• Price: $89 per Adult
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3. Camden Yards

A must for any sports fan is a visit to Camden Yards, home to the Baltimore's baseball team, the Orioles. Now the best way to take in the stadium is by attending a game. Like any MLB game, tickets vary based on where you sit. You can get the best for a few hundred or the cheap seats for a tenner.

If you're not a huge fan of the game and are there for socialize, get their early and grab a seat at the Center Field Bar. Want a great view, get $9 standing room tickets for Flag Court.

You can also tour Camden Yards. Camden Yard Tours allow you to go down to the dugout, into the Control Room and Scoreboard and of course, learn all about the history of Babe Ruth in Baltimore. Tours are offered year round, but depend on the team schedule so be sure to check specific dates and times. 

Find more about Camden Yard Tours and get Tickets to a game on their website.

4. Fort McHenry

The birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner, which you can see on display at the American History Museum in Washington DC. Fort McHenry is where it flew during the attack by the British during the War of 1812.

You can visit at any time throughout the day but the best time is to attend a Flag Change (which happens at opening and closing of the park) so you can help raise and lower the flag. Or attend a Flag Talk where you can unfurl the massive battle flag.

The entrance fee to the historic area of the park is $15.00 for adults 16 years of age and older; children 15 and younger are free. It is part of the National Park Service and is free with an Annual Pass.

Fort McHenry is located outside the downtown area of Baltimore and is best accessed by car. 2400 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230 is the GPS address but be sure to use Lawrence Street, not Woodall. Follow the signs to Fort McHenry.

If you're getting around Baltimore on public transport, Bus #1 stops at the park main gate. From there it is a short walk to the Visitor Center and  Fort.

5. Fells Point

This is the historic district of Baltimore, founded in the colonial era and still having that charm. It is one mile east of the Inner Harbor so a quick walk, drive or even boat ride.

Fells Point is full of places to shop, eat and drink, including America's Oldest Saloon. The Horse You Came In On was founded in 1775 and still serves up a pint today. Some say it is haunted by Edgar Allen Poe.

6. Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum

The Museum is located in the house he lived in while in Baltimore. Poe claimed to be born in Baltimore (it was actually Boston) but he was raised here and would be buried here. The house has exhibits on his time in Baltimore and pieces he wrote here.

It is open Thursday - Sunday 11am-4pm for $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for children 3-12, children under 3 are free.

For more information, visit http://www.poeinbaltimore.org/

HOW TO GET TO BALTIMORE FROM DC

This section covers all of the different ways to get from Washington, DC to Baltimore, including directions and details about how much this trip will cost.

If you have a car, driving is the best option. It's only a short one hour drive on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (MD 295).

Note: This is also the commuters preferred route so keep that in mind during rush hour. You'll likely be going the opposite direction of the commuters, but traffic can be a pain!

Parking in Baltimore is made simple through a service called Spot Hero . You can view all of the garages in the area and their prices for your required time period.

Simply select a garage that works for you and pay ahead of time. Spot Hero will email you the parking pass and you will have a spot saved for you at the garage, guaranteed.

This is the best option for those without cars or who don't want to worry about parking. You can take either the commuter MARC train or the Amtrak train.

Baltimore has great public transport options around the city, so you won't be confined to only walkable areas.

The MARC train from Union Station offers a one hour trip for $9 one way.

Tickets can be bought at the station from any ticket kiosk. (Don't be worried that it says Amtrak on it!) The machines accept all major credit cards.

You choose which station you're going to but the ticket is good on any time train and valid for the next six months.

It also doesn't matter is all the tickets have one person's name on it. They do not check that the name on the ticket matches the rider's ID. As long as each person has a ticket.

If you're running late for the train and don't have a ticket - don't worry! You can buy tickets on the train (cash only) but may be charged an additional $5 surcharge if there were fare machines at the station.

There are a three MARC train lines that depart Union Station: Camden, Penn and Brunswick. You can ignore the Brunswick Line.

PENN LINE - this line will bring you to the city center. The trains on this route are nicer, newer, and faster.

The train service also runs more frequently with off peak and even weekend hours. The station itself is not near most of the tourist sites but is well connected to the entire city by light rail, bus, and taxi service.

Penn Line Quick Schedule ( Mon-Fri ) and ( Weekend )

CAMDEN LINE - this historic line has older trains, slower service and only runs during commuter hours - however, if that fits into your schedule, Camden station is closer to Camden Yards, Met Park, and the Inner Harbor.

Camden Line Quick Schedule

To check the most current time schedule, the MARC website has easy to read time schedule and up to date information. MARC trains do not run on federal holidays.

Alternatively, there are Amtrak trains that travel to Baltimore's Penn Station. You can use the same self service ticket kiosks to purchase a ticket.

Ticket prices are slightly more expensive $10-15 but the trains and fast and nice. They also run during more hours: Trains depart Union Station from 3:15 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily.

The exact fare, availability and time schedule, as well as the option to purchase in advance on the Amtrak site.

There are two lines: Northeast Regional and Acela Express. They both run regularly from Union Station and while Acela is an express train, it'll cost you double the ticket fare to save only 11 minutes!

The higher rate might not be worth it on such a short journey.

Greyhound buses depart Union Station from 1 a.m. until 10 p.m. for a 1-1.5 hour journey depending on how many stops they make.

The fare is typically around $20 for a one way journey. The bus station in DC is in the parking garage of Union Station. When you arrive in Baltimore, the bus station is south of Camden Marc Station.

About a 15 minute walk to the Met Stadium/Camden Yards area and then 15 minutes to the Inner Harbor. Advanced tickets bought online will save you the most money!

Bolt Buses also connect the two cities for a low fare of $12-$25, depending on when you book and what time you leave.

The buses run nearly every hour during the day but when you purchase tickets online , you actually purchase a ticket to New York, and just alight at the Baltimore stop.

It is an outdoor stop at Maryland Ave in Baltimore, not far from Penn Station.

GETTING AROUND BALTIMORE

There are buses, Metro, light rail, water taxi and free shuttle options, but they are poorly connected.

Personally, I think the best way to see a city is to get lost in it but with advance planning you can use any of the below options to traverse Charm City.

Your best bet is a Day Pass for $4.40 which offers unlimited rides on the light rail, bus and Metro.

Insider Tip: Your DC SmarTrip card works on Baltimore transportation, too - this is only true for the physical card, not a mobile SmarTrip card.

MTA Light Rail: The light rail runs north and south and goes pretty far out of the city center in either direction.

In downtown, there are stops near Penn Station, Camden Yards, Cultural Center and Charles Street. Fare is $1.90 cash or card and can be bought at ticket kiosks at the stations.

You cannot pay on board. The light rail runs 6am-11pm except Sundays/Holidays, 11am-7pm. There are now Light Rail trackers at the stations to let you know how long until the next train.

As an above ground option, you'll see much more of the city this way!

Metro in Baltimore offers one line that runs east and west. In downtown, you can access it from Lexington, Charles Street or Shot Tower Stations.

Fare is $1.90 and the Metro runs 5am (6am on weekends) until midnight. Tickets can be bought using cash or card at one of the kiosks in the station.

Trains operate every 10-15 minutes depending on day of the week/peak hours.

MTA Buses are like any city buses and not known for being timely.

In addition, they are the main mode of transport for city schools so if you're travelling when school gets out beware that a bus might be full and not stop.

Fare is $1.90 and exact change is required when paying cash. You can let the driver know where you want to get off and (s)he can help let you know when it's your stop.

If you know where you'll be going, when the stop is announced, touch the yellow strip to request a stop.

If no one requests the stop, the bus might keep going past. Please use back doors of the bus to get off when possible.

Despite a poor reputation, the Metro, Bus and Light Rail have never caused this writer any issues!

A prepared rider can make use of the different options. The MTA website has a Trip Planner to help you get to and from your destination.

A FREE RIDE?!

The Charm City Circulator is a free hybrid bus throughout Baltimore.

It operates 7 days a week, connecting parking areas, Amtrak, MARC, Light Rail, Metro Subway and buses are scheduled to run 10 minutes apart.

You can use the NextBus app to see when the next bus will arrive - just choose your route, direction and stop!

Green Route which runs from City Hall to Fells Point to Johns Hopkins

Purple Route which runs from Penn Station to Federal Hill

Orange Route which runs from Hollins Market to Harbor East

Banner Route which runs from the Inner Harbor to Fort McHenry.

Harbor Connector which offers offering three free routes on the Water Taxi: Maritime Park - Tide Point, Canton Waterfront Park - Tide Point and Harbor View - Harbor East.

A printable/downloadable map of all the routes.

Summer Operating Hours (May 1 - September 30)

• Monday-Thursday: 7:00am-8:00pm
• Friday: 7:00am-midnight
• Saturday: 9:00am-midnight
• Sunday: 9:00am-8:00pm

Harbor Connector

• Monday-Friday: 6:00am-11:00am & 2:30pm - 8:00pm

While it may seem like a nice way to get a free bus tour of the city, they do limit rides to one loop so you can't just sit and ride around the city!

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For three weeks, there has been a nonstop effort to clean up debris, reopen the shipping channel and recover victims after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed .

On Tuesday, 11 News road on a U.S. Coast Guard ship to get an update on the progress.

Much of the steel has been moved since last Tuesday — at least what was above water. Officials said 80-90% of the debris from the crash is still underwater.

"The priorities of the Unified Command are to remove the wreckage from the main channel first, then to remove the Dali, then to remove all the other wreckage," Coast Guard Incident Commander Capt. David O'Connell said.

All of that work is going on simultaneously. Cranes on barges are moving huge pieces of steel, with one of the largest pieces coming out Tuesday. Other crews are underwater, working on a mangled mess of debris.

"There's all those trusses on the bottom. Some of those are buried into the mud, so they have to remove the mud before they can cut them and remove them. And then, in the middle of the channel, is where there's a catastrophic failure of the bridge where there's all sorts of beams and cantilever all mangled together, which is really going to be a more challenging part of the operation," O'Connell said.

In order to get the Dali to refloat, crews will need to remove 140 shipping containers. So far, they've removed 60. They're at the mercy of the weather for much of the operation with wind and lightning their biggest concerns.

"They're removing some of the containers from the Dali, (wind) has a big impact on that. It also has a big impact on doing the lifts of different steel sections. Lightning, in terms of worker safety for everybody. Rain has some impact. Some of the cranes they use can't get a good grip on lifting stuff," O'Connell said.

On Monday, dive teams found a fourth victim of the collapse in a vehicle underwater. There are still two men missing and presumed dead, and O'Connell said finding them is still a priority.

"The salvers are always on the lookout for vehicles that could contain those that are unaccounted for. We don't know when that will be or if that will be," he said.

Crews temporarily opened a channel Tuesday for recreational vehicles to get in and out for the first time since the collapse.

"That was a trial run to see how that went and see if we could handle that in terms of was there any conflict with the salvage operations. We're going to evaluate if we're going to open that on a more permanent basis or on the weekend," O'Connell said.

Officials said they are on target to open a secondary shipping channel by the end of the month and have the main channel reopened by the end of May.

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Photos: Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore

A panoramic image of the Unified Command response operations in Baltimore, Maryland on April 9, 2024. The Key Bridge Response Unified Command priorities are ensuring the safety of the public and first responders, accountability of missing persons, safely restoring transportation infrastructure and commerce, protecting the environment and supporting the investigation.

PHOTO: Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command

This infographic details the three priorities of the Francis Scott Key Bridge response effort: 1) Channel Clearing; 2) Vessel Refloating, and; 3) Wreckage Removal.

PHOTO: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

This updated infographic shows the two Temporary Alternate Channels surveyed and opened by the U.S. Coast Guard the week following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, as well as the two deeper channels slated to be opened in the next couple of months. Through the rest of April 2024, U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue removing wreckage to open the Limited Access Channel. By the end of May, the 50-foot-deep 700-foot-wide federal channel is scheduled to be opened. The Unified Command is continuing efforts in support of removing the M/V Dali, which is required to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

This infographic represents the estimated Francis Scott Key Bridge steel and concrete wreckage necessitating removal fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel. The Unified Command is continuing efforts in support of removing the M/V Dali, which is required to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

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Salvage crews operating with the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command move a section of Francis Scott Key Bridge to Sparrows Point in Baltimore, April 7, 2024. Debris and wreckage removal is on-going in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

PHOTO: Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command photo

Crews operating with the Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command assess debris removed from the incident site of the Key Bridge collision at Sparrows Point in Baltimore, April 7, 2024. Debris and wreckage removal is on-going in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

A salvage team works atop several containers on the M/V Dali on April 6, 2024. Hundreds of engineering, construction and operations specialists support the Unified Command responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel observes the Francis Scott Key Bridge response cleanup efforts in the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland on April 6, 2024. Hundreds of engineering, construction and operations specialists support the Unified Command responding to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

A salvage operator assesses debris as salvage operations continue in Baltimore on April 6, 2024. Response efforts are ongoing following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

Response personnel prepare debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge for removal from the Patapsco River, April 6, 2024. The Unified Command is working to restore flow of critical commerce in and out of Baltimore

Debris removed from the Patapsco River is loaded onto a barge for removal by response personnel. The Unified Command is working to restore flow of critical commerce in and out of Baltimore.

Salvors assemble cranes to aid salvage efforts on April 6, 2024, following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The Unified Command is working to restore flow of critical commerce in and out of Baltimore

Salvage operators assess damaged containers aboard the Motor Vessel Dali on April 6, 2024. The Unified Command is working to restore the flow of critical commerce in and out of Baltimore

Response crews began removing shipping containers using a floating crane barge at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on April 7. The Unified Command is continuing efforts in support of removing the M/V Dali, which is required in order to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

U.S. Coast Guard boat crew members wait to escort personnel, April 8, after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The Unified Command is continuing efforts to remove the M/V Dali, which is required in order to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

This sonar CODA image, provided by the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), shows bridge wreckage in the deepest part of the federal Port of Baltimore Shipping Channel, and one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge main supports. One of the two Temporary Alternate Channels (far-right) became operational about a week after the incident to accommodate empty barges, small tugboats and survey vessels. The metal tress framework (center of image) is currently slated to be removed by the end of April, making way for a 35-foot-deep by 280-foot-wide Limited Access Channel. The Limited Access Channel will permit larger vessels to transit in and out of the Port of Baltimore, such as marine tugs, Maritime Administration (MARAD) vessels and those used for Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) shipping. The numbers marked in this image (center-left) are representative of depth of the existing federal channel, as well as the clearances from the top of bridge wreckage to the surface of the Patapsco River. These measurements are critical for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to plan for ongoing wreckage removal and potential dredging operations needed to return the federal channel to a minimum depth of 50 feet and width of 700 feet. The Unified Command is continuing efforts in support of removing the M/V Dali, which is required to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

This sonar image, provided by the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), shows bridge wreckage in the deepest part of the federal Port of Baltimore Shipping Channel (center), and one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge main supports (right). The metal framework extending above the waterline (center-right) is currently slated to be removed by the end of April, making way for a 35-foot-deep by 280-foot-wide Limited Access Channel. The Limited Access Channel will permit larger ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore, such as marine tugs, Maritime Administration (MARAD) vessels and those used for Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) shipping. This CODA sonar imagery is one of the many survey tools used by SUPSALV to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the ongoing wreckage removal and potential dredging operations, returning the federal channel to a minimum depth of 50 feet and width of 700 feet. The Unified Command is continuing efforts in support of removing the M/V Dali, which is required to fully re-open the Fort McHenry Channel.

The Unified Command removes debris from the Key Bridge incident site using a clamshell dredge bucket, April 9, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Debris and wreckage removal is on-going in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

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In the Key Bridge Response, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is working in a joint effort with the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) to oversee the commercial dive companies performing the work underwater.

Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command salvors use the crane barge Chesapeake 1000 to move a large piece of supporting steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 14, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. The Chesapeake 1000 is the largest floating crane on the Eastern Seaboard, and removing these large pieces will help open a Limited Access Channel that allows one-way ship traffic to the Port of Baltimore. Debris and wreckage removal is ongoing in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

Key Bridge Response 2024 Unified Command salvors work to move a large piece of supporting steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 14, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. Removing these large pieces will help open a Limited Access Channel that allows one-way ship traffic to the Port of Baltimore. Debris and wreckage removal is ongoing in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

The sun sets behind collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, April 14, 2024. Debris and wreckage removal is ongoing in support of a top priority to safely and efficiently open the Fort McHenry channel.

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Charli XCX and Troye Sivan bring 'Sweat' tour to Baltimore in September 2024

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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Longtime music collaborators and pop icon pioneers Troye Sivan and Charli XCX are teaming up once again for their highly-anticipated 2024 co-headline arena tour, according to Live Nation.

Charli XCX & Troye Sivan present: Sweat with special guest Shygirl, to turn iconic US and Canadian venues into raves. Produced by Live Nation, the 21-city tour includes a stop at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD, on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

As two of the hottest names in pop and electronic music, the tour comes at a pivotal moment in both artist’s careers. Charli XCX & Troye Sivan present: Sweat is not only a celebration of their individual successes, but it is also a testament to their commitment to inclusivity and diversity within the music industry. Fans can expect an electrifying show filled with exhilarating performances, stunning visuals, and infectious beats.

TICKETS : Advance presale registration is available now through April 25 at sweat-tour.com . The artist presale begins on Thursday, April 25 at 10 a.m. Registration does not guarantee tickets and supplies are limited. The general on-sale will begin on Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. at LiveNation.com .

British avant-pop and electronic sensation Charli XCX, fresh off the announcement of her sold-out "BRAT 2024 – ARENA TOUR" shows in the UK, is gearing up for the release of her highly anticipated sixth solo album, ‘BRAT’. The album, set to feature 15 tracks, includes the hit single "Von dutch" - the brash and synth heavy first taste of the record – alongside recent releases ‘Club classics’ and ‘B2b’.

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Charli also recently unveiled ‘The Von dutch remix with addison rae & a. g. cook’, an effervescent rework of the smash hit single featuring A. G. Cook’s signature brand of idiosyncratic production and Charli and Addison going back and forth on vocals.

Charli threw a momentous Boiler Room in New York’s Brooklyn in February to launch the ‘BRAT’ campaign with A. G. Cook, George Daniel, Finn Keane and Doss. ‘Boiler Room & Charli XCX Presents: PARTYGIRL’ broke the record for the most ever RSVPs to a Boiler Room event, with over 40k people registering to attend. Featuring special guest appearances from the likes of Addison Rae and Julia Fox, the show has easily become one of the viral moments of the year.

Australian pop sensation Troye Sivan, known for his chart-topping hits and captivating performances, will be coming off the heels of his European arena tour in support of his critically acclaimed third album, "Something to Give Each Other" (2023) – a celebration of sex, dance, sweat, community, queerness, love and friendship. His hit single “Rush” – which earned two Grammy nominations and amassed over 180 million combined global streams to date– and “Got Me Started,” the second single from his 2023 album, have gained worldwide recognition amongst his dedicated fan base.

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Biden Visits Baltimore to Show the ‘Nation Has Your Back’

The president took an aerial tour of the wreckage of the collapsed bridge and was briefed on the recovery efforts.

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Erica L. Green and Campbell Robertson

Reporting from Baltimore

President Biden visited the site of the Baltimore bridge collapse Friday.

President Biden told the people of Baltimore on Friday that “your nation has your back” as he stood in front of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed after a cargo ship plowed through it last week, killing six people.

Mr. Biden encountered a tangle more than a mile long of concrete and steel that has snarled traffic , devastated blue-collar communities and disrupted operations at one of America’s biggest ports, threatening chaos that could ripple across supply chains.

Mr. Biden took an aerial tour of the damage and received a briefing from officials overseeing the cleanup and rebuilding efforts, before meeting privately with families of six construction workers who plunged into the Patapsco River when the bridge collapsed.

“We’re going to keep working hard to recover each of them,” Mr. Biden said.

Hours after Mr. Biden departed, the local authorities announced the recovery of the body of a construction worker, the third to be found. They identified the man as 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval.

In his remarks, Mr. Biden described how the workers had been on a break from filling potholes right before disaster struck. Just seconds before, Mr. Biden said, one of the men, a 24-year-old, sent a message to his girlfriend that said, “We just poured cement, and we’re waiting for it to dry.”

Mr. Biden spoke of the pain of loss of loved ones, adding that “we’ll also never forget the contributions these men made to this city.”

In the week since the collapse, the administration has funded the harbor cleanup, unlocked $60 million in emergency funding to help rebuild the bridge, provided low-interest disaster loans to affected businesses and overseen efforts to manage any supply chain disruptions.

On Friday, Mr. Biden called on companies to commit to keeping employees — about 20,000 people depend on the port for jobs — on their payrolls as the port reopens. This week, senior administration officials, including Mr. Biden’s chief of staff, called major employers in the Baltimore area, including retail chains such as Home Depot and distributors like Amazon, to encourage them to retain workers.

“We’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible,” Mr. Biden said. He called on Congress to help fulfill his promise that the federal government pay to rebuild the bridge.

As he spoke, the bridge’s steel girders remained partially submerged in water, reaching skyward like arms from a grave. The giant cargo vessel was still carrying dozens of colorful containers, and pieces of the broken bridge were lying across the ship’s bow.

Local and federal officials said the road to recovery would be long.

“As you can see behind me, the physical impact of this tragedy is massive,” said Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore. “But let’s be clear, the human impact is immeasurable.”

At a briefing on response efforts, Brig. Gen. John P. Lloyd from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers described a “mangled mess” that was being tackled by 51 divers and 12 cranes. He told the president that one pending task was to remove a large section of the bridge sitting on the ship. The section weighs 5,000 tons and is 125 feet high.

The bridge crumbled in the dead of night when a 985-foot-long cargo vessel crashed into it shortly after departing the Port of Baltimore, a vital economic engine that handles more cars and farm equipment than any other port in the country. The vessel, the Dali, lost power before it hit the bridge but sent a mayday call that gave officials enough time to halt bridge traffic.

But it was not enough time to get to workers who were already on the bridge.

The bodies of two of the workers were recovered from the river on March 27. Recovery efforts for the remaining workers, who were presumed dead, later stalled. The authorities said the bodies were most likely encased in steel and concrete.

Mr. Biden spoke affectionately of his own ties to the port of Baltimore, including his family who worked as watermen in the 1850s and his many years commuting from Delaware.

The structure, which took five years to build, opened in 1977 and served as a critical transportation link on the East Coast. It was named after Francis Scott Key, the Maryland-born author of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Mr. Biden’s response drew praise from Gov. Wes Moore, who said he received the first call from the White House at around 3 a.m., just 90 minutes after the collision.

“And every hour since we’ve worked hand in hand with this administration,” Mr. Moore said. “President Biden might not be a Marylander by birth. But I tell you, he’s proven what it means to be Maryland tough, and Baltimore strong.”

Scott Cowan, the president of the local chapter of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said he was encouraged by Mr. Biden’s visit but believed there was more to be done.

As the weeks go by, Mr. Cowan said, the situation for the 2,400 members of his local was getting more difficult. Around 400 people in the local were working at the moment, he said, with around 2,000 idled, roughly the inverse of the normal ratio.

If it had been a gradual work slowdown, people could have adjusted, he said, but “it was like hitting a wall” when the bridge collapsed and all but shut down the port.

“President Biden does know about ports,” Mr. Cowan said. “I think he wants to do so something. But obviously there’s Congress involved too.”

Jacey Fortin contributed reporting.

Campbell Robertson

The economic impact of the bridge collapse stretches far beyond Baltimore.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week was both a human tragedy, with six lives lost, and an economic catastrophe. More than 30,000 vehicles crossed the bridge daily, including some 4,900 trucks that each year move $28 billion in goods. All of that traffic is being forced to find new routes.

But the collapse also shut down much of the Port of Baltimore, which handles millions of tons of cars, trucks, industrial machinery and other cargo every year. Thousands of dock workers help move this cargo; in 2023, more than 15,000 jobs were directly connected to the port, and tens of thousands more were linked to it.

Pete Buttigieg, the secretary of transportation, told reporters last week that the port accounted for “about $2 million” in wages every day. “That’s one of the areas we’re most concerned about,” he said.

The Small Business Administration has opened offices in the area, and federal officials said that funds had been made available for up to $2 million in low-interest, long-term loans for small businesses and nonprofits affected by the bridge collapse.

But the key is getting the port back. While the authorities have opened two alternative channels , these routes are much shallower than the deep draft channel used by the massive barges carrying the bulk of the port’s cargo.

On Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that engineers planned to open a deeper channel to ship traffic by the end of April , and to reopen the permanent deep draft navigation channel by the end of May.

“We still have a long road ahead of us getting vessel traffic back to full capacity,” Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said at a news conference. “But we will get it back up to full capacity. It’s critical for our workers. It’s critical for our economy. It’s critical for our state. And it’s critical for our country.”

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In a working-class area near the bridge, some residents were skeptical of the president’s visit.

President Biden has a lot of skeptics in Edgemere , a working-class neighborhood southeast of Baltimore and just on the eastern side of the Patapsco River, but the bridge doesn’t have a lot to do with that.

“Do I think they’re doing enough? How much can they do?” Denise Melvin, 61, said when asked about Mr. Biden and his administration. Ms. Melvin is a nurse who now leaves the house at 5 a.m. to get to work on time — a longer commute because of the bridge collapse. She is not terribly keen on Mr. Biden, she said, but she added: “No one expected this.”

In the parking lot of the Food Lion, Howard and Dawn Baker said they believed that everyone in Washington was out of touch with working people, Mr. Biden certainly included.

The vast economic ripples from the collapse of the bridge — and all of the international companies involved — “just shows we’re caught in a trap; we’re so interconnected,” Ms. Baker said.

Mr. Baker said the government’s critical job here was to enforce rules that might have prevented the collapse and to hold parties responsible that had caused it, but he did not hold out much hope that they would do that. “The government doesn’t hold anybody responsible,” Mr. Baker, 71, said. “They don’t even hold themselves responsible.”

At the Sail Inn, a seafood restaurant in the nearby harborside community of Sparrows Point that would normally have a bustling dock worker crowd for lunch, Will Gustaitis sat at the corner of the bar rolling his eyes at the presidential visit.

“He could help our country a lot more going to the border than coming here,” said Mr. Gustaitis, who does not work on the docks but routinely took the bridge.

Lance Mauck, 51, a community college professor sitting down the bar, remarked that Mr. Biden did seem to have been aggressively involved in this whole thing. “I thought he was very quick about offering money,” he said. It was unclear if Mr. Mauck meant it as a compliment. He predicted that the president would push for the bridge money in a bill, load the bill down with other Democratic priorities, then turn it into a campaign issue when Republicans balked.

Mr. Gustaitis, 60, agreed with that prediction. He wished Mr. Trump were visiting, but he allowed that a visit from him would not make any difference, either. “That bridge is going to be rebuilt no matter what,” he said.

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“We’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible,” Biden said. “And we’re going to do so with union labor and American steel.”

Folks, finally, we’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible. And we’re going to do so with union labor and American steel. For simple reasons, you’re the best workers in the world, and that’s not hyperbole.

Erica L. Green

Biden pays tribute to the construction workers killed in the bridge collapse, reciting the last message one of the men left his girlfriend. They had just poured cement and were waiting for it to dry, he said. The president is scheduled to meet with the families of the killed workers after his remarks.

Biden called on companies to commit to keeping employees on their payrolls as the port reopens. He said 20,000 employees depend on the port, one of the country’s largest.

President Biden was met with a standing ovation as he began remarks at the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Your nation has your back,” he said. He described his family's ties to the area, including watermen in the 1850s.

The leader of a port workers union seeks more help for his members.

Scott Cowan, the president of International Longshoremen’s Association Local No. 333, covering the Port of Baltimore, welcomed President Biden’s visit and said he was encouraged by the president’s public posture so far on the bridge collapse, though he believed there was more that needed to be done.

“President Biden does know about ports; the state he comes from, Delaware, has a port,” Mr. Cowan said. “I think he wants to do so something, but, obviously, there’s Congress involved, too.”

As the days go by, Mr. Cowan said, the situation for the 2,400 members of his local was getting more difficult. Around 400 people were working at the moment, he said, with around 2,000 idled, roughly the reverse of the normal ratio. If this had been a gradual work slowdown, people could have adjusted, he said, but “it was like hitting a wall” when the bridge collapsed and all but shut down the port.

“We need some money in the pockets of these men and women to put food on the table and keep the lights on,” he said. Mr. Cowan, who was expected to be with the president during today’s visit, said he was pushing for a temporary supplement to unemployment insurance, similar to what happened during the Covid pandemic, and that he was hopeful that something would be worked out.

Anna Betts and JoAnna Daemmrich

Anna Betts reported from New York, and JoAnna Daemmrich reported from Baltimore.

Here’s what the bridge meant to Baltimore.

Blue-collar workers crossed it. Families went crabbing around it. Teenagers celebrated new driver’s licenses by traversing it. And couples were known to get engaged near it.

Completed in 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a practical, final link to the beltway of roads that circled Baltimore Harbor, a much-needed solution to reduce Harbor Tunnel congestion. But for so many, it was more than that.

For some, it symbolized the working-class communities around it — for others, the city itself. The bridge also served as a reminder of a storied chapter in history: Near Fort McHenry, the bridge is believed by historians to be within 100 yards from where Key was held by the British during the War of 1812, when he witnessed the siege of the fort in September 1814 and wrote the poem that became the national anthem. (A star-spangled buoy commemorates the supposed spot.)

And the Key Bridge was simply a presence in people’s everyday lives. Since the collapse last week, residents have been processing the loss on many levels, from profound grief for the six workers who died, to concern for the immigrant communities affected by the port’s shutdown, to a sense of emptiness that has cast a pall over their memories.

Aatish Bhatia and Francesca Paris

The ship struck the Baltimore bridge with a force on the scale of a rocket launch.

The Dali, the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, had appeared to be moving slowly before it made contact with a pier. Yet it delivered a force so large that one reasonable comparison is to a rocket launch.

How could something traveling slower than a casual bike rider cause such a devastating impact? The answer lies in its mass: roughly a third to a half of the Empire State Building.

It may be months or even years before engineers conduct careful simulations of this disaster that take into account all the variables. But we used the limited available data to start to understand how strong the collision might have been.

And even our most oversimplified calculations show the impact was enormous.

Our lowest estimate of how much force it would take to slow the Dali, if it were fully loaded, is around 12 million newtons, about a third of the force it took to launch the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo moon missions.

And our higher-end estimates, reviewed by several civil engineering experts, suggest it is realistic to put the force of the impact with the pier at upward of 100 million newtons.

Experts disagreed on whether it was reasonable for any bridge pier to withstand a direct collision with a massive container ship.

“Depending on the size of the container ship, the bridge doesn’t have any chance,” said Nii Attoh-Okine , a professor of engineering at the University of Maryland. He said the Key Bridge had been performing perfectly before this accident occurred, and that he thought 95 to 99 percent of bridges would be damaged if such a container ship were to strike them.

But Sherif El-Tawil , an engineering professor at the University of Michigan who reviewed our calculations, said it was feasible to design a pier that would stay standing after such an impact.

Modern bridges, designed in the age of ultralarge shipping containers, are typically built with stronger piers or protection systems around the piers that can either absorb or deflect the force of ship collisions.

But the Key Bridge was completed in 1977, when standards were different and ships were far smaller .

President Biden is en route to Baltimore, where he will start his visit with an aerial tour of the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Debris clean-up has begun, but the devastation is stark. The bridge’s steel girders are partly submerged in water, reaching skyward like arms from a grave.

Erica L. Green and Emily Schmall

The body of a third construction worker has been recovered.

The body of a third construction worker who died in the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore was found on Friday morning, officials said.

The man, identified as 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo Sandoval, was discovered by divers around 10:30 a.m., according to local authorities, just hours before President Biden visited the site of the disaster and met with victims’ families. The bodies of three more victims have yet to be recovered more than a week after the bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River.

“While I take solace in knowing this brings us one step closer to closure, my heart continues to be with all the families still waiting anxiously for their loved ones,” Mayor Brandon Scott of Baltimore said in a statement.

Mr. Suazo was a migrant from Azacualpa, Honduras, which he left at age 20, looking for economic opportunity in the United States, according to his eldest brother, Martín Suazo.

“My brother was an entrepreneurial young man,” Mr. Suazo, the assistant director of a public school, said in an interview in Spanish on Saturday. “He was the family’s driving force, motivating us all to work hard,” he said.

Maynor Suazo had a wife, whom he met in Baltimore, and two children. About five years ago, he achieved the proverbial American dream: He opened his own business, operating a small fleet of delivery trucks, his brother said. But the pandemic forced his business to shutter, and he took a job repairing roads and bridges.

“He loved the country that gave him the opportunity to work,” Martín Suazo said. “He loved the United States very much for its open doors that allow people to help people in other countries.”

The victims were part of a construction crew working on the Baltimore roadway before dawn on March 26 when a gigantic cargo ship rammed into the bridge. Two workers survived the destruction, but six disappeared into the dark water. They were presumed dead by the evening.

A day later, two of their bodies were found inside of a red pickup underwater. But efforts to locate the other victims have been severely hampered by the colossal underwater wreckage.

“The collapse of the Key Bridge is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tragedies we have faced as a law enforcement agency,” Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., superintendent of the Maryland state police, said in a statement announcing the recovery. “Along with our local, state and federal public safety partners, we will not give up.”

Divers have been sifting through the ruins of the bridge, but they can barely see two feet in front of them as they navigate heaps of mangled steel and piles of crumbled concrete in murky water. With help from sonar renderings, they are working to survey and salvage the wreckage to ultimately clear the channel — a daunting project, of which recovering victims is only one part.

Still, “the recovery is not an afterthought,” Col. Estee S. Pinchasin of the Army Corps of Engineers said at a news conference on Thursday. “It’s integrated in that plan.”

The six men who died have been named by the authorities, relatives or advocacy organizations: In addition to Mr. Suazo, the victims were Jose López, who was in his 30s and from Guatemala; Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, who was from Mexico; Carlos Hernández, 24, from Mexico; Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, from Guatemala; and Miguel Luna, who was in his 40s and from El Salvador. The bodies of Mr. Fuentes and Mr. Cabrera were recovered on March 27.

The men were working late at night to ensure that thousands of other Marylanders could use the Key Bridge to commute to their own jobs. “And they never came home,” said Lucía Islas, a community leader and president of Comité Latino de Baltimore, a nonprofit that assists the Hispanic community.

“They hailed from communities that have gone long overlooked and underappreciated,” Gov. Wes Moore said in a statement on Friday. “But their work had dignity — and their contributions will never be forgotten.”

In the days since the collapse, friends and relatives of the victims have been preoccupied with unanswered questions, said Donna Batkis, a clinical social worker in Baltimore who has helped the victims’ families.

The families of the men whose bodies have not been found have been left to wonder where their loved ones are. “Waiting is a very hard space to be in,” Ms. Batkis said.

Jacey Fortin and Eduardo Medina contributed reporting.

From above, the president will see the Dali looking much as it has been for the past few days: The giant cargo vessel is still carrying dozens of colorful containers, and pieces of the broken bridge are lying across the ship’s bow. Sonar images show that the wreckage under the water is even messier: The riverbed is littered with crushed and mangled steel from the bridge, pieces of which have plunged down into the mud.

Though the earthquake this morning could be felt in Baltimore, the Key Bridge Joint Information Center said there were “no reports of it impacting our operations.”

Jim Tankersley

As President Biden heads to the bridge today, his budget director, Shalanda Young, is calling on Congress to authorize a “100 percent federal cost share for rebuilding the bridge” — meaning state and local governments would not bear any rebuilding costs.

Young sent the request in a letter on Friday to congressional committee leaders, noting a precedent in 2007, when a freeway bridge collapsed in Minnesota.

Michael Corkery

Investigators expect to issue a preliminary report on the bridge collapse this month.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board expect to provide an early report later this month on the crash of a massive cargo ship into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a spokesman for the agency said.

But a full investigation could take as long as two years to complete, the spokesman, Peter C. Knudson, said in an email on Thursday.

The cargo vessel, called the Dali, was leaving the Port of Baltimore when it had what one industry official described as a “ complete blackout ” that knocked out power to the engine and the navigation equipment. The ship issued a warning shortly before hitting one of the bridge’s pylons, which is a critical structural component.

Radio traffic from emergency workers suggested that the crew was struggling to steer the ship, according to audio published by Broadcastify.

The N.T.S.B. has been focused on what happened aboard the 985-foot ship in the moments before its collision with the bridge. On the night of March 26, N.T.S.B. investigators boarded the ship to gather documentation. They obtained data from the voyage data recorder, which is essentially the ship’s “black box.”

Maritime and shipping experts have been puzzled by what could have caused such a catastrophic power failure on a modern cargo ship and why there appeared to be no working backup power source.

Getting to the bottom of these issues has high stakes for the shipping company that owned the vessel, as well as the company’s insurers, which could be asked to cover the costs of the recovery and rebuilding effort or face other legal issues. The bridge collapse killed six construction workers.

“The thing that we know is that if there are people who need to be held to account for what happened, they need to be held to account,’’ Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said in a news conference on Thursday.

Victoria Kim

Baltimore shipping channel will partially reopen by the end of April, officials say.

A shipping channel in the Baltimore harbor that has remained blocked since last week’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will be partially reopened by the end of April, with full traffic expected to be restored by late May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday.

The announcement comes ahead of President Biden’s scheduled visit to the site of the wreckage on Friday. A giant container ship rammed into the bridge on March 26, causing the bridge to plunge into the waterway leading in and out of one of the nation’s busiest ports.

Officials have warned that clearing the warped, jagged debris from the channel will be a complex and potentially dangerous underwater salvage operation, as they scramble to reopen the Port of Baltimore, a key automobile hub that employs 8,000 people.

A 280-foot-wide, 35-foot-deep channel leading to the port is expected to be opened first, allowing for container ships and vessels transporting automobiles, the Army corps, which maintains the shipping channel to ensure that it is navigable, said in a statement . The channel will allow one-way traffic of vessels at a time to and from the port, according to the statement.

Officials are aiming to reopen the full 700-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep span of the navigation channel a month later, bringing access to the port back to its normal capacity, according to the statement.

On Friday, Mr. Biden is scheduled to go on an aerial tour of the wreckage and receive a briefing on the response and recovery efforts, according to the White House. He is also expected to meet with the loved ones of six construction workers who fell into the river with the bridge’s collapse and are presumed dead.

In the 10 days since the collapse, responders conducted underwater surveys and detailed structural analysis of the bridge’s wreckage to assess the work that lies ahead, according to the statement.

Two smaller temporary channels, at 11 feet and 14 feet in depth, had previously been cleared and opened to allow some small barges and other vessels to travel to and from the port.

Experts said divers will first need to cut the metal and concrete structures that now sit at the bottom of the Patapsco River into more manageable pieces, which will then be hoisted to the surface by cranes. Divers will be working amid swift currents and low visibility.

The reconstruction of the bridge, which carried about 35 million vehicles annually and spanned 1.6 miles over the river, will be a much longer process that could take several years. The Biden administration said last week that it was allocating $60 million in emergency federal highway funds, the initial costs of what will likely be a far more costly operation.

Mr. Biden has pledged that the federal government would pay for the bridge to be rebuilt.

Christina Morales

The collapse is unlikely to affect Baltimore’s vital seafood industry.

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge came just days before the start of crab season in the Chesapeake Bay, but the accident, which has cut off Baltimore’s port, seems unlikely to disrupt the city’s vital seafood industry, according to local fishermen and restaurant owners.

Fishermen said the crabs are harvested from the bay, about three miles out from the destroyed bridge on the Patapsco River. “We don’t crab up there,” said Blair Baltus, the president of the Baltimore County Watermen’s Association and a board member for the Maryland Watermen’s Association .

Even so, Mr. Baltus said it will be inconvenient — and possibly costly — to reroute shipments of seafood, including the more than five truckloads a day of blue crab that are flown or driven in from other states for restaurants to serve during Maryland’s off-season.

“This is a crab-eating state,” he said.

Maryland’s blue crab season opens Monday and runs through Dec. 15. Summer is the peak time for locals to enjoy the crab, the official state crustacean , whether steamed by the bushel or shaped into crab cakes. Supplies of blue crab experienced a shortage in 2021 , as more people began eating at restaurants after the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic and prices rose substantially.

Kim Gardner, the general manager of L.P. Steamers in Baltimore’s Locust Point neighborhood, upriver from the crash site, said that much of the restaurant’s blue crab is flown in from Louisiana or Texas during the off-season. Even though Maryland’s crab season begins in a few days, she said, locally caught crabs “aren’t that great until the weather warms up.”

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