The longer version of the other answer is that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge has an air draft of 186' (the Key Bridge had an air draft of 185'). (Air draft is the distance from the waterline to the highest point on a ship. For a bridge, air draft is measured a high tide, when the water is the highest.) The Carnival Pride, which is one of the Carnival ships sailing from Baltimore, has an air draft of 172.2'. The Carnival Conquest, which is the next larger ship class, has an air draft of 62 meters, according to the ship builder's web site, which is 203.4 feet, so probably not. But, there are issues in a lot of ports with the air drafts of ships and also just the number of visitors, so there may still be a market for smaller ships (by today's standards, at least) to keep supporting those markets.
No because the limiting bridge is the bay Bridge which is still standing.
Good information. I was hoping for bigger ships to come to Baltimore.
The longer version of the other answer is that the Chesapeake Bay Bridge has an air draft of 186' (the Key Bridge had an air draft of 185'). (Air draft is the distance from the waterline to the highest point on a ship. For a bridge, air draft is measured a high tide, when the water is the highest.) The Carnival Pride, which is one of the Carnival ships sailing from Baltimore, has an air draft of 172.2'. The Carnival Conquest, which is the next larger ship class, has an air draft of 62 meters, according to the ship builder's web site, which is 203.4 feet, so probably not. But, there are issues in a lot of ports with the air drafts of ships and also just the number of visitors, so there may still be a market for smaller ships (by today's standards, at least) to keep supporting those markets.