A second temporary channel was opened Tuesday at the site where a cargo ship struck and took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last week in Baltimore, Maryland, officials said.

The new channel is 14 feet in depth. On Monday, two ships, a fuel barge and a scrap barge, passed through another temporary channel on the north side of the bridge that is 11 feet in depth.

The center of the bridge is 50 feet deep and large cargo ships carrying vehicles typically require depths of at least 35 feet, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said during a news briefing. 

A section of the damaged and collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, in the Baltimore, Md., port. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner via AP)

Crews were setting up buoys in the rain Tuesday morning to ensure vessels could navigate the waterways, Moore said. 

The Dali cargo ship struck the bridge on March 26, causing the bridge to collapse within seconds. Six construction workers working on the bridge were killed. 

As of Tuesday, only two bodies had been recovered. 

Six construction workers are presumed dead following the Baltimore bridge collapse in Maryland. (AP/Steve Helber)

The state will establish a scholarship for the families of transportation workers who die on the job, Moore announced Tuesday.