When President Biden visits the Port of Baltimore on Friday, he and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore should announce that steel from the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will be recycled into the bones of a replacement span over the Patapsco River. Such a goal would be as practical as it would be symbolic because melting scrap into new steel is, more than ever, a major practice inside U.S. mills.
Dan Rodricks: Remake steel from the fallen Key Bridge to build the new one
April 3, 2024