Crews conduct controlled demolition of Baltimore bridge span

The demolished span came crashing down on the ship’s bow and remained resting on its deck for the past six weeks

The collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge rests on the container ship Dali (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Crews have conducted a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

It marked a major step in freeing the grounded Dali container ship, which has been stuck amid the wreckage since it lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns shortly after leaving Baltimore on March 26.