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In this aerial image, the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore on March 26.

In this aerial image, the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore on March 26.

How the Francis Scott Key Bridge got its name Ben Womer, a retired steelworker and history aficionado in Baltimore County, founded The Dundalk -Patapsco Neck Historical Society in 1970.

The replacement for the Francis Scott Key bridge is going to look nothing like the old one, so this is a perfect opportunity for a new name. It should be called the Patapsco River Bridge.

On March 26, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a large cargo ship, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River.

Ironically, the poem was set to the tune of “To Anacreon in Heaven,” a popular British drinking and womanizing song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society.