Key Bridge collapse: Massive claw to clear remaining debris; deeper channel to open Thursday

Giant crane, meet giant claw.

A massive hydraulic grab arrived in Baltimore over the weekend as officials plan a new phase of efforts to clear the debris of the Francis Scott Key Bridge to commence after a planned Thursday opening of the deepest alternate channel through the wreckage yet.

The grab will be attached to the Chesapeake 1000 crane and work as a “vital part” of debris-removal operations at the bottom of the Patapsco River in the next stage of operations, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Michael Himes...