Baltimore businesses face impacts of Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

BALTIMORE, Md. (DC News Now) — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse has local businesses bracing for potential impacts.

With the Port of Baltimore not accepting any ships, one nearby restaurant is worried about what could happen.

Business was steady on Wednesday at Jimmy’s Famous Seafood. But for server, Jennifer Scott, her routine has changed after the collapse of the Key Bridge.

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“It’s added an extra 20, 25 minutes to my commute time. So daily it’s added an extra maybe 50 minutes to and from,” Scott said.

Being just up the road from the port of Baltimore Jimmy’s Famous Seafood’s co-owner, Tony Minadakis, says lots of people who work at the port eat at his restaurant.

“Iif they can’t get work at the port and you have supply chain issues and you’re losing a lot of a lot of money day locally,” Minadakis said. “I’m sure we’re going to feel that coming from all angles, even from our supply chain.”

He said short term, it’s not good for business but also worries about long-term impacts.

“Being a major port city, we were thinking like, ‘what’s going to happen with goods and services and just locals who use that bridge to go back and forth to work?'” said Tiffani Martin, of West Baltimore.

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Martin doesn’t use the bridge often but knows its impact on travel and trade.

“Just sadness and hope that we can get the bridge back so that we can get back to some kind of normalcy and just pray for the people who weren’t able to make it home,” Martin said.

Minadakis knows the road ahead won’t be easy.

“We’re here for whatever we can do to to help, basically, because I know we’re not the only ones and we’ll get through it,” Minadakis said.

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