An NTSB report states that the Bay Bridge—built in the 1950s and 1970s—is 30 times more vulnerable to vessel strikes than ...

Still, the district noted, it hired a consultant earlier this year to conduct an assessment of the bridge’s south tower fender system’s structural capacity for ship collisions. “The results ...

when a ship struck the bridge's fender protection system. Since 2023, Delaware River and Bay Authority has been enhancing the bridge with a ship collision protection system. According the National ...