NTSB: Two Toledo Bridges at Unknown Risk of Collapse, ODOT Responds04/14/2025Two of Toledo’s bridges, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge and the Anthony Wayne Bridge, have an unknown risk of collapse due to a vessel collision. That’s according to a National Transportation Safety Board report from March. The NTSB recommended that the owners of dozens of bridges across the U.S. determine the risk of a collapse from a vessel collision as part of the investigation into the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore in 2024. The agency’s report does not suggest that the bridges are certain to collapse. In response to the report, ODOT Press Secretary Matt Bruning shared this statement:Ships that navigate Ohio’s waterways are much smaller than the international container vessel that struck the Baltimore bridge. Immediately following the incident in Baltimore, ODOT reviewed key bridges and determined protections were in place. ODOT will take a second look at state-owned bridges identified in the NTSB report and follow all recommendations made for those bridges. We are also awaiting additional guidance from the Federal Highway Administration.