Tugboat pushing a fuel barge passed through the corridor at 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday.
It is not wide enough for container ships and should be lined with a second corridor in the coming days. The announcement follows the launch, on Sunday, of the clearance of the elements of the bridge. US President Joe Biden, campaigning for his re-election against his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, will visit the site on Friday. The bridge collapsed on March 26 and six workers who were working on the structure died or are missing.