The bridge collapse means the suspension of operations at the ninth-largest port in the United States. Almost 50 thousand bridges across America are in disrepair.
The collapse is the most serious such incident in the U.S. since 2007, when a bridge collapsed in Minneapolis. The rest of the world will feel the effects of the collapse in an overheated political situation, writes the author of a book about the collapse of the Baltimore bridge. The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editors of this article.